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The Desert Lakes No. 1
Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China
39.83, 102.40 · Captured 2026-04-01
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On 1 April 2026, the Sentinel-2 satellite looked down on the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia, China — home to some of the tallest stationary dunes on Earth. Between the dune ridges, a scatter of spring-fed lakes sits in improbable turquoise and rust, each one held in place by groundwater welling up through the sand.
