Gearing up: For a project to photograph the world’s extreme deserts, I wanted to visit the giant sand dunes in China’s Inner Mongolia. The only way into the Gobi is on foot or by camel.

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I was sat on a mountainside in the middle of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, as the sun fell below the horizon. Below me lay a stunningly beautiful oasis, where I hoped to catch a glimpse of the ...