Rainbow world: the most colourful places on Earth – in pictures
The world is full of landscapes that are so surreal, and so intensely coloured, that it’s hard to believe they really exist. Take a look at some of the strangest, and most vibrant, views in the world, from a pink lake in Senegal to striped rock formations in China
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Blooming tulip fields in the Netherlands. Photograph: Hollandluchtfoto/Getty Images
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Lake Retba in Senegal – the pink tint is due to the presence of algae called Dunaliella salina. Photograph: SPL/Barcroft Media
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Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Photograph: Jeff Foott
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Mount Roraima at the triple border point between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Photograph: Alamy
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‘The Wave’, a 190m-year-old Jurassic-age sandstone rock formation in Arizona. Photograph: Blaine Harrington III/Corbis
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The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Photograph: Xuan Che/Getty Images
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Rock formations at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province, China. Photograph: Xin Ran/Corbis
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Mustard fields in Yunnan province, China. Photograph: Katie Garrod/Corbis
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The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Getty Images
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Dallol, a volcanic crater in Ethiopia. Photograph: Dr. Richard Roscoe
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The marble caves of Lago Carrera, Chile. Photograph: George Lepp/Corbis
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Camel thorn trees in Namibia. Photograph: Alamy
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