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Sambhar Lake in Sambhar, India

Sambhar Lake spreads across the desert plains of Rajasthan like a surreal inland sea of salt. In certain seasons the shallow waters turn shades of pink, while the surrounding ground hardens into brittle crusts of crystallized salt that crack and crumble underfoot. Vast geometric salt pans stretch toward the horizon, broken only by rusting remnants of narrow-gauge rail tracks once used to haul salt across the flats. Wildlife thrives in the stark landscape—herds of nilgai wander the edges of the l
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