A winter spectacle to behold

The desert city of Hami in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region offers stunning views of desolate landscapes and starry skies at the end of the year, Xu Lin reports.

The desolate scene of unevenly shaped landforms in front of me is littered with khaki structures that look like works of art carved by Mother Nature.

It almost feels as if I'm on the set of the Hollywood blockbuster The Martian, standing in a place that looks like the planet Mars. But I'm actually in Dahaidao in Hami city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.