What is the location (where the photo was taken)?
The short description of the tour route on Mangistau:
Aktau canyon Kapamsay mosque in a rock Shakpak-Ata canyon Shakpakty - globular concretion Torysh valley Kokala Sherkala mountain - valley Zhylshy valley Ayrakty village Shetpe village Zharmysh Tuzbair salt marsh village Shetpe Aktau town.
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