People on Yardang in Qaidam Basin, Central Asia (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

People on Yardang in Qaidam Basin, Central Asia

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Researchers sit atop a wind-formed ridge called a yardang located in the Qaidam Basin of Central Asia. The yardangs in that area can be as much as 40 meters (about 130 feet) tall and about a football field (100 meters) apart.

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Paul Kapp, University of Arizona.

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