The Kubuqi Desert is covered with a mix of white snow and yellow sand after the first snowfall Nov 3. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Travel]

The winter’s first snow fell on Kubuqi Desert Park in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Nov 3, laying a white blanket over the area.

Wonderful photographs of the snowy desert were recently widely circulated on the internet. Here are some of them.

The Kubuqi Desert is covered with snow. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Travel]

White horse statues at the Kubuqi Desert Park after the season’s first snowfall in the desert. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Travel]

The curves of a dune crest are highlighted by the snow. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Travel]