The Turpan Depression, nestled at the foot of China’s Bogda Mountains, is a strange mix of salt lakes and sand dunes, and is one of the few places in the world that lies below sea level.

Image taken September 1st, 1999, by Landsat 7.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/USGS EROS Data Center

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