Color-splashed coastal path with red and white lighthouse and sea ice
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A color-splashed coast
Civil engineers in this icy East Asian port decided that this stark seaside park needed not only a guiding lighthouse but a smattering of warm color. Urban design is a big job in Dalian, a peninsular city in Northeast China known for its eclectic architecture and varied history. The British, Russians, and Japanese have all occupied Dalian in the last 200 years, and a hodgepodge of historical design styles can still be found amid the sleek modern cityscape. Perhaps most eye-catching is a neo-romantic hilltop castle—actually a luxury hotel built in 2002.
Boats, turquoise ocean, white sand, Spice Islands
Pink Salt Lake
Huanglong travertine terraces, Sichuan, China
Streaks of sargassum in turquoise water
Braided River Delta Reservoir
Turquoise Braided Tidal Bay
Abstract Watercolor River Delta
Yellow kayak breaking ice, frozen water patterns
