The
peculiar dunes of the desert of Badais Jaran, China, is a very rare
georgraphic zone where it never ever rains! This immense desert is
situated in the interior of Mongolia, with the biggest dunes on earth;
some reach the height of 500 metres, but the most amazing and
surprising is, that although it never rains, it's often inundated with
water, as lagoons (shallow bodies of water cut off from the sea by sand
dunes thus forming gaps) are permanently formed, some are of sweet
water, and others with extremely salty water. Quite amazing!
These
images below were captured from airplanes and satellites, put in
evidence the spectacular magnitude of the most unique phenomenon. It's
believed that below the sand flows a mysterious subterranean river that
doesn't have the option to cross the desert. It's water originates
hundreds of kilometres of distance in the mountains of Qilian.
One of the truly extraordinary caprice of nature.
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