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LakeBalkhash colorful
European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
2023-04-04
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/lake-balkhash-spring-colours
- Rights
- Attribution, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Lake Balkhash, a Ramsar Convention site in Kazakhstan, is a crucial breeding ground for waterbirds and home to endemic fish species. The lake has been recognised as a site of global significance for biodiversity and plays a vital role in regulating the regional climate. On 4 April, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites captured this image of its beautiful turquoise-brown waters, whose colours result from the winter ice melting.
