# LakeBalkhash colorful

- By: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
- Date: 2023-04-04
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/lake-balkhash-spring-colours
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LakeBalkhash_colorful.jpg)
- Rights: Attribution
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/9/94/LakeBalkhash_colorful.jpg/1920px-LakeBalkhash_colorful.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.