A spectacular blanket of morning mist has enveloped the waters and forests around a bridge over the Ili River in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as the diurnal temperature gap widens over the past few days.
Piercing through the gauzy fog, the first rays of dawn cascade into warm, golden beams, spilling over the broad river surface and the sprawling secondary forests along the banks. The scene unfolds like a luminous, gently breathing oil painting - soft, fluid, and alive with color.
Along the riverside, vast groves of golden poplars stand in graceful disarray, while secondary forests, a layered mosaic of deep emerald and tender green, stretch continuously.
Morning mist paints picturesque scene over Ili River in Xinjiang
