Seasonal landscape · June to September 2027
Annual · rain-fed lagoons
Rainwater fills thousands of turquoise lagoons between towering white dunes, a desert that floods.
It looks like an endless white desert, but after the rainy season, thousands of crystal-clear lagoons pool between the dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses. From June to September the water is highest and warmest, turning the sands into a maze of turquoise pools you can swim in.
of turquoise lagoons between the dunes: Thousands
Where it is visible: Maranhão, Brazil
Lagoons fill after the rains and are fullest June to September, then slowly evaporate.
Lençóis Maranhenses Lagoons in 2027 is June to September 2027.
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