Yamzhog Yumco Lake from above. /Xinhua photo

Located in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Yamzhog Yumco Lake, together with the Namco and Mapham Yutso Lakes, are regarded as three sacred lakes. /Xinhua photo

Meaning “jade lake on the upper meadow” in Tibetan, Yamzhog Yumco Lake looks like a sapphire embedded into the green grasslands surrounding the body of water. /Xinhua photo

It’s also the biggest enclosed lake on the northern slope of the Himalayas. /Xinhua photo