Brazil's desert lagoons

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for six months of the year crystal blue

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lagoons appear in what would otherwise

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look like your average desert making

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lens ice marianas one of brazil's most

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mysterious destinations lynn sois

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Marianas is a national park located in

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Brazil from January to June the area

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becomes inundated with rainstorms the

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rainwater collects between the sand

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dunes creating thousands of clear water

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lagoons some of these pools reach over

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300 feet in length and can be over ten

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feet deep with water temperatures as

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high as 87 degrees visitors come from

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far and wide to experience the pristine

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conditions but arriving at these pools

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is no easy feat and renting a

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four-wheeler is a must the ride is rough

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as you need to cross tight spaces and

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navigate through rivers and puddles

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learn sois Marianas visitors must enjoy

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these pools while they can because come

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dry season the spectacular landscape

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vanishes and returns to its desert form

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once again