Chara Sands - a desert in the middle of the taiga.
In the north of Transbaikalia, not far from the BAM railway, between the taiga and the swamps lie the Chara sands - dunes at the foot of the snow-covered Kodara mountains. They are often called the northernmost desert in the world, although geographically they are not a desert. The block measuring about 10 by 4 kilometers is part of the Kodar National Park.
Photo by Slava Stepanov.