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Into China's 'Devil City': searching for energy beneath the desert

In northwest China's Qinghai Province, geophysical explorers are working deep inside a no-man's land known as the "Devil City." Battling thin air, sandstorms and freezing temperatures, they are carrying out China's first large-scale deep exploration in the region – mapping energy resources hidden kilometers beneath the desert, even as the Spring Festival approaches.

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