Guardian Australia Environment

Sea of crimson: vivid ‘red beach’ transforms China’s wetlands and marshes – in pictures

A striking transformation takes place along the coast of Qinqdao in autumn, when a native seepweed turns a brilliant shade of red. The ‘red beach’ phenemon can be seen in the salt marshes and wetlands on the coast of China’s Shandong province, where the Suaeda glauca plant…