Kashgar, China

Kashgar has a rich cultural history dating back thousands of years, having served as an important hub along the Silk Road. The rising of this remarkable landscape dates back even further.

A modern view of the remote oasis in China, located at the western end of the Tarim Basin and the Taklimakan Desert, is visible in this image acquired on July 23, 2014, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite. The image is false-color infrared (bands 3, 2, 1) to better highlight the composition of Earth’s surface. Urban areas appear gray, including the famed city of Kashgar in the bottom-right corner. Networks of roads are interspersed with buildings, which appear as rectangles in various shades of blue and purple.

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