Chapter 853: Mirage
The camel brought it over, it was a Bactrian camel, and between the two peaks was placed a felt cloth cushion with national characteristics.
The camel looks good, but it is actually a little dirty, and the hair is dreaded in some places, and there is a slight smell, but it can bear it.
There is no way, there is a shortage of water in this place, and bathing camels in the desert is naturally too luxurious.
The man who came from behind shouted at the camel, the camel knelt down obediently, Bashar helped Guo Xiang to the camel, and Gu Zhennan got on the other camel.
"Daughter-in-law, I'm right behind you!" Gu Zhennan shouted.
"Hey!" Guo Xiang turned around and took a look, it was safe to have her husband behind her.
Bashar filled the two camels with some water in their cloth bags, and he and another man led the rope of one camel and followed the tour group in front of them.
Guo Xiang looked at it, there were more than a dozen people in front of them, not everyone's camel was led, only one person at the beginning, one in the middle, and the last one.
This may be the one who collects money per person, and they don't want so many people because they have a lot of people.
Shabal should have negotiated with them here, Guo Xiang felt that it was better and safer this way, anyway, he had to pay for it, and he didn't care about that.
The camel caravan set off, and the camels were hung with bells, and they jingled when they walked, which was very pleasant to the ears in such an open place.
Bashar wiped his sweat while walking with the camel rope, Guo Xiang was a little embarrassed, in fact, he made hard-earned money.
"Where are we going?" Guo Xiang asked.
I don't know if it's a walk on this desert and a taste of the desert scenery, or if it's purposeful?
"The place we are in now is the eastern part of the Rub al-Khali Desert, there is a local oasis here, and we will see the time later, if the weather is good, we can go to the oasis if the weather is good." Bashar said.
"Good!" Guo Xiang nodded, the oasis in the desert, that is the most beautiful.
The group walked slowly forward, although it was hot, it was still very leisurely, and it was comfortable to sit on a camel.
The sky was blue, there was not a trace of clouds, the air was dry, but clean, there was no smell, only the smell of sand.
The endless desert, the sand dunes one after another, like golden waves, the sand in the distance meets the sky, and the colors collide, which is still very shocking.
Suddenly, there was a commotion among the people in front.
"Look, what's that?"
"It's a mirage!" Someone shouted.
Guo Xiang hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, in the sky in the distance, a city appeared, not particularly clear, like a layer of mist, but it could still be seen that it was a city.
And it is a city with Middle Eastern characteristics, *** architecture, mosque-style building complex, dome square corner, very distinctive.
"It looks like the city of Mecca!" Bashar said.
"Really?" Guo Xiang was curious, and he would actually reflect the city of Mecca.
In fact, mirage is a natural phenomenon formed by the refraction and total reflection of light, which is a virtual image formed by the refraction of light reflected by objects on the earth through the refraction of the atmosphere.
Therefore, the mirages that can be seen in general are real scenes, and their appearance is closely related to the geographical location, geophysical conditions, and the meteorological characteristics of those places at a given time.
So some mirages will be repeated in the same place, and even appear at the same time.
"Husband, do you see it?" Guo Xiang turned his head and asked Gu Zhennan.
"Well, I see, it's amazing." Gu Zhennan nodded.
It's also the first time he's seen a mirage here, and he's heard that some seas also have mirages, maybe the oil field he's in is shallow, so he hasn't seen it once.
I was lucky to be able to see it in the desert this time.
In just a few minutes, a gust of wind blew, and as soon as the air layer on the sand stirred, the mirage slowly disappeared, leaving nothing behind, as if it had never appeared.
"It's amazing!" Guo Xiang sighed that it was the first time she had seen a mirage.
The caravan continued on, but it was too hot for someone to stop to rest and drink water.
Guo Xiang also told Bashar to stop the camel and stand on the ground.
Sitting on it all the time is actually quite sore, because the camel is big, the legs have to be straddled on it, and the legs are sore.
Just come down and get some activity and drink some water.
Gu Zhennan took a water bag and handed it to Guo Xiang, which was all packed by Bashar just now.
Guo Xiang took off his glasses and wiped his face, it was too hot.
After drinking a few large mouthfuls of water, it was too hot, and my clothes were already soaked, so I had to drink more water to replenish my water.
"How long is it until we get to the Oasis?" Guo Xiang asked while fanning the wind with a headscarf.
"It's going to take another hour at this rate." Bashar said.
"It's been so long, it's been a long time." Guo Xiang said.
"Yes, there is no shortage of water for people here." Bashar said, "But the new island is not big, and it is enough for that area, and it cannot be easily pumped, otherwise even the water will be exhausted by then, and there will be no water." ”
"It's amazing to have an oasis in the desert, where do you say the water comes from?" Guo Xiang said.
"It is a gift from Allah to mankind." Bashar said, making a gesture of Allah's blessing.
Guo Xiang raised his eyebrows and did not refute, this is people's religious beliefs, there is no need to argue.
In fact, this oasis is the underground water, the snow melts in the distance and seeps into the ground, flows along the strata, and the rain flows into an underground river.
It's just that in the underground, people can't see it, but there is actually water, and then the oasis is located in a relatively low area, low-lying land, and the water is concentrated here.
Where there is water, there are plants, and where there are plants, it becomes an oasis.
After resting for a while, the caravan continued on its way.
The exclamations could no longer be heard in front of them, and everyone was already numb when they looked at the desert, from the initial shock to indifference.
The eyes are all yellow, and I feel that everything I look at is yellow.
And it's so hot that some people have already begun to complain.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Shabal kept talking to Guo Xiang, encouraging them to persevere.
It's going to take so long to go back now, and I haven't seen anything, so it's a shame to go back like this.
"I'm fine!" Guo Xiang smiled and glanced back at Gu Zhennan.
He waved at her, signaling that he was fine.
Suddenly, Guo Xiang felt a chill.
"The Oasis has arrived?"
"It's here!" Bashar cried excitedly, as if he was happier than the guest.
He slapped the camel, and the camel suddenly picked up speed and ran forward.
Standing on a high ground in front of him stopped.
Guo Xiang sat on the hump and saw a green spring below, the water was rippling, and the green trees on the side were shady, looking like a green mirror embedded in the desert from a distance.
It's so beautiful!
The foreigners in front of them shouted, and someone got off the camel and ran towards the oasis.
As soon as he rushed to the water's edge, he threw himself into the water and shouted with joy.
Some people splashed water, some people picked up a handful of water and tasted it, and there was laughter.
"Daughter-in-law, let's go down too, shall we?" Gu Zhennan came over and took Guo Xiang's hand.
"Good!" Guo Xiang smiled, gave his hand to Gu Zhennan, and the two rushed down towards the oasis hand in hand.