Portal:Geography/Featured picture/2006, week 25

Winter storm at Bryce Canyon National Park. This map shows the world as was known to Han Dynasty China in 2 CE. The shaded areas show the extent of Han civilisation. I've based this on the existence of settlements under direct Han political authority or military control according to Tan Qixiang (ed.), Zhongguo lishi ditu (中国历史地图集; 1982). Map credit: Yeu Ninje.