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Lake Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan

Photo: Kanade Endo
Photo: Kanade Endo

“While traveling alone in Hokkaido, I noticed a strong smell of decay on the shore of Lake Abashiri. The source of the smell was diatoms that had grown so abnormally that they filled the sand of the lakeside and the rotting corpses of salmon,” Endo said.