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                             Bactrian camel
         Looking for human traces on the desert’s surface, the Bactrian camel, a two-humped domesticated camel, is the main transportation in the Badain Jaran. It is uniquely adapted to the harsh desert habitat and able to carry 500-pound loads with ease and go for days without water. These surefooted natives are so important to Mongolian herdsmen and travelers, otherwise it would be very dangerous as there are places you can get sucked down into the sand. The Bactrian camel is the reliable guide to help outsiders avoid these sand traps and explore vast
                                            Colorful lake
        Badain Jaran has just 40 millimetres of rainfall (1.6 inches) a year, but evaporation from the dune is five times that amount. More than 100 lakes, some of them are spring-fed lakes, are scattered throughout sand dunes. There’re some small lakes so saturated with salt-loving bacteria that its color is glittering vermilion. It is caused by bacteria that have adapted to its hypersaline environment. Though testing has revealed that the springs that feed these lakes contain fresh water, the evaporation rate of 2400 mm per year that occurs here has concentated their mineral content to the point where the water has become hypersaline.