Feb. 23, 2010

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji) 

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji)

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji) 

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji) 

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji)

As the temperature rises, melting snow is seen in Kumtag Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 18, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yongji)