Chongqing-bound K544 hard seat car

Standing ticket people crowd to board the train

Getting off at Hami

Hami train station

Sichuan food for dinner

Condiments for Xifan

Hami city

Scenery on highway 312

Scenery on highway 312

Small road to Qincheng

Scenery near Qincheng

Scenery near Qincheng

Xinjiang noodles

Xinjiang noodles

Qincheng

Beetle

Police escort to a suitable eclipse-viewing site

Scenery near Qincheng

Scenery near Qincheng

Parking and watching the eclipse from here

Nice place to watch the eclipse from

Police allow us to climb the mountain for a better view

Sun before eclipse

Locals arriving at the same mountain to watch the eclipse

Locals arriving at the same mountain to watch the eclipse

Beginning of an eclipse

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Agricultural landscape near Qincheng

Agricultural landscape near Qincheng

Agricultural landscape near Qincheng

Almost there...

Watching the eclipse

Total solar eclipse and corona shaped by magnetic field

End of the total eclipse

Returning during sunset

Hami train schedule

Hami train station

Hami train station