Under the clear starry sky,
Looking up at the moon rising and the moon setting, the Milky Way "arch bridge";
Oberian Milky Way Arch.
Photo courtesy of the National Astronomical Observatory
On the vast Gobi,
Trekking through the "planet" and "wandering" space,
The picture shows the spacesuit experience at the Mars camp.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
The romantic plots in these science fiction novels,
Does it make you fascinated?
The northwestern margin of the Qaidam Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,
It is cold and dry all year round, and the climate is harsh,
Deep in the yellow sand, Lenghu Town, Mangya City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province,
Once because of the discovery of oil
Became one of the four major oil fields in the country in the 1950s,
Later, it gradually declined with the exhaustion of resources.
The picture shows the ruins of Lenghu Petroleum Town.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
However, the Cold Lake region has
The most spectacular Martian-like landforms in the world
And wind erosion Yadan natural landscape.
The picture shows tourists experiencing outdoor survival.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
In recent years,
The Martian town of Cold Lake is opening
Take science and technology as the core, science, science fiction, and science creation as radiation
The road to the transformation of a multi-dimensional industrial chain.
Create the "Lenghu Martian Town" brand,
Tell stories about the future on industrial ruins,
Lenghu rekindled "enthusiasm".
The picture shows the ruins of Lenghu Petroleum Town.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
Cold Lake Mars Town has been built
Mars Highway One,
Mars camp and Oberyan Yadan tourist area.
The picture shows driving through Oberyan Yadan.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
Drive by G215 national highway into Mars Highway No. 1,
The oil town with a population of tens of thousands is now in ruins.
The highway passes through China's largest,
The most abundant Yadan landform,
From infancy, youth, adulthood to aging and extinction,
Throughout the life course of Yadan,
Point to 315 Interstellar Space Station.
The picture shows Mars Highway One.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
The astronaut sits on the lonely gate of the 315 interstellar space station.
Behind him is the desolate "Martian" surface,
The "interstellar shuttle" journey between the earth and "Mars",
Open by this door.
The picture shows the "shuttle" door of the 315 interstellar space station.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
Oberyan Yadan,
Known as the "least earth-like place on earth".
Astronomy and science fiction lovers
Put on a spacesuit and walk,
Look at the different shapes along the way,
The salt lake that changes colors with the seasons;
The picture shows the salt lake in Oberyan Yadan.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
In dry weather, communication is blocked,
An uninhabited Mars camp,
Simulate weightlessness environment,
Immersive experience of landing on Mars,
Complete the "Mars mission".
The picture shows the Mars camp.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
The romance of science fiction, the rigor of science,
The combination here is just right,
Not only attracts countless tourists, but also inspires creative enthusiasm—
The Cold Lake Award is
China’s first science fiction literature award named after geography,
Many writers participated,
Known as "I Am a Singer" in the science fiction circle.
And the end of the desolation,
It’s an epic romance—
In cold lake,
The most not to be missed,
It's actually a dark night starry sky.
The picture shows the star trails passing through the telescope under construction.
Photo courtesy of the National Astronomical Observatory
The cold lake area has a clear night sky, abundant sunshine, and extremely low precipitation.
The traffic location has obvious advantages and the safety is high.
The National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently announced that
Cold lake saishiten shan
Confirmed to be an excellent optical/infrared astronomical observatory site.
The picture shows the Lenghu Astronomical Observatory Site.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
"Saishiten" means a raised place in Mongolian,
It also means "awakening"—
That is the seed of curiosity and imagination.
The tradition of stargazing has existed since ancient times,
The ancients named the stars,
Ziweiyuan, Taiweiyuan, Tianshiyuan...
Each name
Both contain the imaginary beautiful "world on earth".
The picture shows the dark night starry sky.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
Now, under the clear starry sky of Sai Shiteng,
People wait for the moon to rise,
Use the star pen to identify the constellations,
On the grand canopy,
The Milky Way "Big Arch Bridge" is right in front of you.
The picture shows the Lenghu Yinhe Arch Bridge.
The picture comes from "Star Photographer Hong Wenhan"
Around the bonfire, reverie and talk,
The vast universe
Extend the time scale to hundreds of millions of years, tens of millions of years.
Galaxy as always,
Compared with human beings are like mayfly,
And the universe is made of billions of tiny dust,
We are cast by the stars, and now we look at the stars.
The picture shows the Cold Lake Milky Way.
The picture comes from "Liu Boyang"
According to the main issue of the international scientific journal "Nature"
The published data shows that
The optical observation conditions of Cold Lake,
It is the best international observatory site comparable to Hawaii and Chile.
The picture shows the dark night starry sky.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
Since 2018,
The research team continuously monitored the Saishiten mountain area,
And transported by helicopter
Gradually build the infrastructure of the Lenghu site;
Humans carry instruments on their backs to climb mountains and ridges,
Overcome numerous difficulties,
Finally built
The measurement platform for all key site parameters and start to run.
The picture shows the Lenghu Observatory site at sunset.
The picture comes from "Star Photographer Hong Wenhan"
Take advantage of high-quality starry sky resources and astronomical observation environment,
National Astronomical Observatory, Purple Mountain Observatory,
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc.
The telescopes have been settled in Saishiten one after another.
By the end of 2022,
There will be 32 telescopes in operation at the Cold Lake site.
It will become the largest astronomical observation base in Asia.
The picture shows the starry sky of Lenghu Lake.
The picture comes from "Star Photographer Hong Wenhan"
Cold Lake Site
Created a major opportunity for the development of optical astronomy in my country,
It is also a valuable resource for the development of international optical astronomy.
Starting from stargazing,
Human exploration and questioning cast their gazes from Lenghu to space.
The picture shows the Beidou navigation ground reference station scientific device.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
2021 is the new year of China Aviation,
Progress in manned spaceflight and heavy rocket development has attracted much attention.
The Zhurong rover reaches the surface of Mars,
Start patrol detection.
The picture shows the theme landscape installation art next to Mars Highway 1.
Photo courtesy of Cold Lake Martian Town
You who can't be there in person,
Maybe you can experience "space drifting" in Lenghu.
The picture shows the Oberian Yadan-like Martian landform.
Image source @马嘉梁MARK
At the end of the year,
People under the epidemic
It's hard to survive a cold winter again.
At this moment,
Hope this call from "Mars"
Can relieve anxiety for a moment,
Forget the troubles "on the ground" for a while,
Let every ordinary you and me gain strength from the universe,
Live bravely and hard.
Author: Pan Yujie