Dunhuang Desert Stars

We had originally intended to stay at a camp in the desert to see the stars, but it got cancelled (without telling us of course) due to cloud cover.
Probably a blessing, we met a woman who worked in the industry who said that there was actually lots of light pollution from the camps, better to drive out into no man's land.

So we hired a driver for a few hours, and after a few false starts where there was still a lot of light pollution, we found a spot on a seldom-used road to look at the starsRead more