All shades of red on an amazing beach (7 photos)

5 June 2023

What does a standard beach look like? Golden sand or at least gray-white pebbles bordering the water surface. But there is absolutely amazing beach, at first glance, looking intimidating, as if drenched in blood. But there is really nothing wrong with it.





It's about the beach in the town of Panjin, China's province. Liaoning. And with an unusual color, a purple stripe that attracts tourists from different countries of the world, is obliged to a plant called suaeda prostrata. sweda - a representative of the amaranth family and feels best on salt marshes and almost at the water's edge.



Remarkably, the plant is quite common and found everywhere. But only on Panjin Beach does it begin "burn", acquiring all possible shades of red, from saturated purple to blood scarlet.





sweda

Sveda is originally a regular green color, but by September the color of the grass cover begins to change, which is explained by the specifics chemical composition of marshy soil in these places.

Food and tourist attraction



Non-standard "flaming" beach occupies a solid area - about 130 square kilometers. The territory is protected states, because they live here and stop at long rest rare and red book birds, in particular, red cranes and seagulls.



Most of the territory is a protected reserve. That's why for visiting tourists, a special path with a wooden flooring about two kilometers long.



It is noteworthy that during the famine in the 60s I will even bring were used for food. The grass is unpleasant with a bitter taste, but quite edible and, apparently, helped to survive a considerable number of local hard times.



Well, now it is only a part of the ecosystem and helps in creating a picturesque picture that looks especially bewitching on sunset, when the reds of the sky meet the reds earth.

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