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0282 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 282 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000234
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snow, probably from that fall which we had witnessed at Issik-
bulak; but the beds of snow filling the ravines of the
Iskuram valley enclosed by these peaks looked old, more like
incipient glaciers.
The sky was the brightest azure, and its colour only
heightened the effect of the dazzling glacier panorama south-
wards. Though it was midday and the actinic power of the
sun's rays considerable, the temperature in the shade