Colorful Badain Jaran desert lakes

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The red interdunal lake (Dagetu) displays pink and purple colors in the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia on September 20, 2024. /CGTN

The red interdunal lake (Dagetu) displays a red color in Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia. The color of the lake changes from pink to red in different seasons. /Photo provided to CGTN

Temple Lake, or Suminjilin Lake, in blue color in Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia on September 20, 2024. /CGTN

Barunyikeri Lake displays green and blue colors in Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia on September 21, 2024. /CGTN

Desert lakes display blue and red colors in Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia. /Photo provided to CGTN

From an aerial view, lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia are like gemstones scattered in a vast sandy land. Among the 144 lakes in this area, 12 are freshwater lakes.

The colors of the saline lakes can change from season to season and vary from green to blue and red to pink, due to the complexity of the chemical composition, variability of concentration and lighting elements.

The saline lakes are home to many organisms such as crustaceans and small fish, which can also endow the lakes with different colors.

Salt crust can be spotted around the rims of some lakes that are hyper-saline.

All of these natural factors have helped create a color-contrast landscape in Badain Jaran.