A glimpse of wild lotus in NE China's Crescent Lake (1/5)

Photo taken on Aug 14, 2014 shows Hulin lotus at lotus pond in the Crescent Lake in Hulin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. The Crescent Lake here, covering an area of more than 7,000 mu (about 467 hectares), has 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) of area for planting wild lotus. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)