Aerial view of Ulan Lake, the ‘Red Lake', caused by microorganisms and algae such as Dunaliella salina, which produce the pigment beta-carotene to protect themselves from strong UV radiation, Ulan Lake (Ulan See), a salt lake in the Tengger Desert – part of the Gobi Desert known as the ‘red heart of the Earth' – in Inner Mongolia, China
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Aerial view of Ulan Lake, the ‘Red Lake', caused by microorganisms and algae such as Dunaliella salina, which produce the pigment beta-carotene to protect themselves from strong UV radiation, Ulan Lake (Ulan See), a salt lake in the Tengger Desert – part of the Gobi Desert known as the ‘red heart of the Earth' – in Inner Mongolia, China

Date

Jul 30, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Olaf Schubert

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