Chapter 511: First Acquaintance with Lop Nur
"On July 23, 1972, Gome's Earth Resources Satellite Landsat1 was launched, which scanned the earth's surface one by one, covering 75% of the area in two years, which was the first time in human history to observe the planet we live in from such a macroscopic and 'high-definition' perspective, and many little-known mysterious corners were also revealed.
A 'big ear' in the western part of the Xia Kingdom is particularly eye-catching, it is about 60 kilometers long, 30 kilometers wide, and the semi-circular lines of light and dark converge to the center one by one, just like the 'ear of the earth', and the people who saw it at that time did not know what it was, let alone who made it, only the name of the place where it was located, Lop Nur. ”
On December 7, after about half a month, Zhang Yang once again drove into the desert area, only this time he came to the place of death that countless people talked about - Lop Nur.
Zhang Yang officially drove out of Lop Nur Town and entered the Lop Nur area this morning, which can be regarded as the beginning of his month-long survival this time.
This is about a week's time, Zhang Yang is resting and preparing all kinds of materials, from time to time he thinks of something and immediately drives to the nearest town to buy it, and at the same time he is also inquiring about various information, which can be regarded as having a preliminary understanding of Lop Nur, and the rest is only to conduct on-the-spot verification after entering Lop Nur.
"Turnip break!!turnip break!!"
"It's not delicious!!"
As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, suddenly behind him, a strange-sounding voice suddenly sounded.
"Haha, Da Mao Ermao has started again!"
"233333 these two guys can annoy people to death all day long!"
"But when I think of the names of the two of them, I want to laugh, and sure enough, it's still the name 666 taken by Brother Yang!"
"That's no way, who made these two guys like to eat hairy chestnuts!"
"No, it's not a liking, I think it's a paranoid liking!"
"2333 yes, yes, Brother Yang planned to change the food for the two of them yesterday, but he was not happy!"
"Sure enough, there are two more talkative guys in the car, and it will be lively immediately!"
Hearing the voice behind him, Zhang Yang also shook his head helplessly, and He Xiaoman, who was sitting in the co-pilot, also looked like he couldn't help but smile.
Those who don't know may think that they are really helpless with the two new members of the family, but only the two of them know that the two colorful macaws they call Da Mao Ermao are clearly venting their dissatisfaction with this voice.
There is no way, the transformation of the system is too powerful, and the two parrots who have just changed their living environment were still very nervous, but after being sent over for transformation, they didn't startle Zhang Yang and He Xiaoman when they came out.
Maybe it was because he could imitate human speech before, but it was the first time that he could really communicate with humans normally, and this time those two guys simply became two chatters.
Usually, as long as you avoid the people in the live broadcast room, the chirping mouth does not stop, and even after seeing the hairy chestnuts for the first time, he said that he wanted to eat the hairy chestnuts for a while, but even when he was eating, these two guys were not idle in their mouths, just because of this, Rhubarb and Dasheng are simply annoyed to see these two parrots now, and they are usually too lazy to play with these two parrots.
Zhang Yang discussed with these two guys, and asked them to pretend to be imitating human speech in front of people in the live broadcast room, on the condition that they had a hearty meal of hairy chestnuts every day, but for the sake of these two guys' bodies, Zhang Yang had to try his best to match these two guys with nutritious meals.
And the two parrots are obviously not satisfied with simply imitating human speech and pretending, and usually occasionally suddenly run to Zhang Yang next to them or the people in the live broadcast room scream to find their dissatisfaction.
"You two shut up for me, hurry up and play with you Brother Monkey and Brother Monkey, don't disturb me driving.
Okay, let's ignore the two of them, it's annoying, haha, let's talk about Lop Nur.
As we all know, Lop Nur is located in Xinjiangxin, next to the Taklamakan Desert.
Now as soon as you hear Lop Nur, there must be a deserted and boundless Gobi beach in your mind, indeed, it is indeed a forbidden area of life, but its horror is far more than you imagine.
In the next month, let me unveil the true face of Lop Nur, since ancient times, countless explorers have sacrificed their lives to go deep into it, and many have disappeared and died, which has put a veil of mystery on Lop Nur.
It is not an exaggeration to call Lop Nur the "Devil's Triangle" and "Land of Death" on the Asian continent, you must know that the Silk Road passes through it, and the superstitious saying is that many lonely souls and wild ghosts wander here, and dry bones are everywhere.
The climate here in Lop Nur is dry and hot, with the highest temperature exceeding 40 °C in summer and the lowest temperature in winter being minus 20 °C.
In '49, a plane flying from Gyeong-jog to Dihua suddenly disappeared, but in '58 it appeared east of Lop Nur.
Scientist Peng Jiamu disappeared during the investigation of Lop Nur, and the state dispatched a lot of manpower and material resources to conduct a carpet search, but found nothing, and so on, a series of mysterious events made Lop Nur even more mysterious!"
Listening to Zhang Yang say so much about the mystery and weirdness of Lop Nur, fans who were originally extremely curious about this place couldn't help but start asking all kinds of doubts in their hearts, which can be regarded as satisfying everyone's curiosity.
"Brother Yang, why did Lop Nur become like this?"
"I just want to know if Uncle Rob lives here, why do I hear someone say that if I have aborigines here?"
"2333, what's the fun here? I'm interested in my friends coming here to hang out!"
"Emmm, I'm also curious about this place and want to have some fun. !”
"Some people say that Lop Nur used to be a big lake, so can he go back to what it used to be?"
Zhang Yang didn't feel in a hurry when the questions he had seen over the years were asked, but he didn't take the initiative to answer, but He Xiaoman, who was sitting next to him, began to take over his work and said.
"I'll do this part, hehe, I've done a job, let's answer why Lop Nur is like this.
The geographical masterpiece "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the pre-Qin period called you "Youze", and it was also called "Yuze", "Yanze", "Puchanghai" and so on.
Lobnauer is a Mongolian transliteration name, which means a lake of many waters, and you can imagine how prosperous it used to be.
Just now Yangge said that Lop Nur is on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, let me tell you the specific location, this is in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, about 780 meters above sea level, located at the lowest point of the Tarim Basin.
You must know that the Tarim River, the Peacock River, the Cherchen River, and the Shule River all converge here, and it is the second largest saltwater lake in the Xia Kingdom.
Before 330 A.D., there was more lake water, and the northwest side was the Loulan City we talked about before, and because it was the famous throat of the Silk Road, due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the upstream water was reduced until it dried up, and now it is only a large salt crust.
The time period that changed the most was 18 million years ago, when it was about 20,000 square kilometers.
According to Li Daoyuan's "Notes on the Book of Water", after the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the diversion of the Zhubin River in the middle reaches of the Tarim River at that time, Loulan was seriously short of water, and the river here experienced a man-made diversion in order to relieve the disaster.
Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the water of Lop Nur rose, it was only 'eighty or ninety miles long from east to west, and two or three miles or one or two miles wide from north to south', and it became a small lake
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