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       The Badain Jaran is not a “sea of death”. It is a live desert. In the heart of the desert, Buddhist monastery, which once housed 80 monks, is built along the lake in 1755. Mongolian herdsmen with camels are living amid the big dunes that intersperse with spring-fed lakes. All are rare examples of a complete self-purification and harmony between lakes and sand dunes, the life of Mongolian herdsmen and their camels.
         In spite of its striking beauty and geological significance, however, the Badain Jaran remains poorly studied due to its inaccessible location and its status as a missile-testing zone for the Chinese military. Recently it has received focused attention from geologists:
        Why do these towering sandy dunes survive in a windy desert?
        What provides the water for the lakes since the annual rainfall in the desert is less than 40 millimeters and how?
        Why do these pyramidal sand mounds dominate the Badain Jaran?
       The Badain Jaran with its unique landscape is waiting for your exploration to reveal.

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