Flaming Mountain
is well-known for its role in the Chinese mythology "The
Western Adventure." According to the tale, this mountain was
protected by two supernatural beings, namely, Princess Iron Fan and
King Bulk. The former was capable of cooling down the mountain by
her magical Iron Fan.
Title
Green
Equipment
Fuji
FinePix Pro S2
Location
ShaanXi,
China
Note
This
landscape is human-made rather than natural. In this trip the tour
bus passed Mountain Fire and this greenish area, but did not stop at
any of them. Taking these pictures from the bus is very challenging
because the roads were extremely bumpy (free massage for passengers). As a result, it is
impossible to hold a camera in a still position. As a statistician,
I let the law of probability do the job. I operated my camera like
shooting with a machine gun, and eventually one out of a thousand frames
would be
usable.
Title
Roaring
Dune at rest
Location
Mountain
Ming Sha (Roaring Dune), Gansu, China
Equipment
Fuji
FinePix Pro S2
Title
Tears of
Roaring Dune
Location
Mountain
Ming Sha (Roaring Dune), Gansu, China
Note
The "tears"
of Mountain Ming Sha are relics made by tourists, who hike to a high
point of the dune and then ski downward. I hiked to the peak to take
this photo. But I walked back to the ground because skiing with two
cameras is absolutely a bad idea.
