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Taklamakan Desert is well-known as the world's second largest shifting-sand desert. Taklamakan's sand dunes reach up to 300 meters, and its name means "you can get into it but can never get out" in the Uygur language. In ancient times, merchants used to travel hundreds of miles through the boundless parched land, taking their commodities from China to Europe.

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