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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Gilbert

Rainbow world: the most colourful places on Earth – in pictures

Blooming tulips field in The Netherlands.
Blooming tulip fields in the Netherlands. Photograph: Hollandluchtfoto/Getty Images
Lake Retba in Senegal.
Lake Retba in Senegal – the pink tint is due to the presence of algae called Dunaliella salina. Photograph: SPL/Barcroft Media
Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Photograph: Jeff Foott
Mount Roraima at the triple border point between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.
Mount Roraima at the triple border point between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Photograph: Alamy
‘The Wave’, a 190m-year-old Jurassic-age sandstone rock formation in Arizona. Photograph: Blaine Harrington III/Corbis
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Photograph: Xuan Che/Getty Images
Rock formations at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province, China.
Rock formations at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province, China. Photograph: Xin Ran/Corbis
Mustard fields in Yunnan province, China.
Mustard fields in Yunnan province, China. Photograph: Katie Garrod/Corbis
The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan.
The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan. Photograph: Getty Images
Dallol, a volcanic crater in Ethiopia.
Dallol, a volcanic crater in Ethiopia. Photograph: Dr. Richard Roscoe
The marble caves of Lago Carrera, Chile.
The marble caves of Lago Carrera, Chile. Photograph: George Lepp/Corbis
Camel thorn trees in Namibia.
Camel thorn trees in Namibia. Photograph: Alamy
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