A general view of the Moon Crescent Spring, a unique tourist attraction in the desert of Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 2, 2008. The local government invested 41 million yuan in a project to bring up the lake's water level, which has gone down more than six meters in the past half century due to the dry environment.

A man walks on the dry lake bed of the Moon Crescent Spring, in the desert of Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 2, 2008.

Part of the Moon Crescent Spring lake is seen dried up in the desert of Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 2, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency January 4, 2008)