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Xinjiang Lop Nur is located in Bayingoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, is the largest desert in Xinjiang, with nearly 3,000 saline-alkali lakes and a large saline-alkali Gobi desert, Lop Nur has a history of thousands of years, and the thousands of poppies planted here today add a lot of romantic colors to this, so it attracts many tourists to linger, but never thought that it was once a vast lake.
Although the Lop Nur we see today is already a desert, Lop Nur was once a large lake, until the Chinese government decided to use Lop Nur as a nuclear bomb base to protect national security.
After years of investigation and successful preparations, the mainland conducted 45 nuclear tests in Lop Nur, which not only caused the water level in Lop Nur to drop sharply, but also completely destroyed the local ecological environment.
Lop Nur became a nuclear test base.
Lop Nur is the mainland's initial nuclear test site, on July 11, 1959, China decided to carry out the first atomic bomb explosion test known as the ultimate test in Lop Nur, which is since 1958 China carried out the first national defense nuclear weapons construction test against the threat of Taiwan After the successful nuclear weapons construction test, China completed the development of the hydrogen bomb, Chinese technicians began to develop the atomic bomb, and Lop Nur as an excellent and isolated site, the mainland completed the task of the Sydney Conference, It was decided to use Lop Nur as a large-scale test base.
Because Lop Nur is surrounded by the sea, located in the remote Gobi Desert, surrounded by Fuqiu, it has excellent scientific research conditions, easy to observe and sample, but also to reduce the threat to the surrounding environment, to ensure the safety of the surrounding people, but on July 29 of that year, the mainland carried out the first atomic bomb explosion test here, in the following two years, the mainland carried out 15 atomic bomb explosion experiments in Lop Nur, which successfully completed the development of the atomic bomb, with the successful development of the atomic bomb, As a result, China's technology has stood on top of the world.
However, Lop Nur did not become famous, the mainland in the development of the atomic bomb after the completion of the work, and began to develop the hydrogen bomb, but this research work not only requires the purity of the material is very high, but also put forward high requirements for the selection of the experimental site, and finally the mainland chose Lop Nur this dry and low pollution desert land, since then, Lop Nur has become the mainland nuclear weapons test site, the next 28 years, Lop Nur has carried out a total of 45 nuclear tests, This has changed the topography of Lop Nur again.
Lop Nur is located in the northwest, is the forefront of the Siberian cyclone, this geological feature greatly affects the topography of Lop Nur, and the area of insects and pigs is also very much, in the environment of Lop Nur is easy to be polluted, ancient people have found a lot of animal and plant fossils here, left traces here, but in the later nuclear test of the continent, the land of Lop Nur can no longer see the shadow of the big lake of the year, the whole terrain has become seems to be bleak.
Hardship for nuclear testing.
Although Lop Nur is a good environment suitable for nuclear testing, but the test workers have always faced various difficulties, large and small, the temperature in Lop Nur changes greatly in a year, the temperature difference between day and night almost reaches 30 degrees Celsius, which makes the workers' bodies suddenly threatened in a day, easy to suffer from various respiratory diseases, at the same time, the high temperature during the day will make people sweat a lot, and the cold at night will make people cold, which makes the workers suffer, and their dietary conditions are also very poor. Generally, there is only some pasty corn bran paste for breakfast every day, and the lunch and evening meals are just simple vegetables and whole grains.
Because the terrain of Lop Nur is very low, of course, there is no water source, the Chinese government had to build its own reservoir to store water for power generation, the engineers were busy for eight years, and finally in 1975 the water storage dam was built, and the water storage dam is close to Gahai, using the water source of Gahai, the engineers began to build canals, and Gahai as the source of the reservoir of the dam, it also means that the water source of Gahai will be developed, and finally in 1976, China's canal project was finally completed, through this project, the water resources of the Lop Nur area are gradually enriched, The local ecological environment has been gradually restored.
Ecological restoration in Lop Nur.
The restoration of water resources in Lop Nur is not only due to the canal project, the national survey of the Lop Nur area at that time also found a lot of water resources that were once hidden under the Lop Nur area, which shows that the groundwater system of Lop Nur is very rich, which raises the self-healing ability of Lop Nur to a higher level, even without the state's allocation of water resources, groundwater resources are enough to support the ecology of the Lop Nur area.
So in order to continue to bomb explosion in the Lop Nur area, China used science and technology to gradually transfer back the water resources of Lop Nur, which opened the door of hope for China's nuclear test, and with China's continuous investigation, the groundwater resources in the Lop Nur area have also been excavated, although China's nuclear bomb explosion has been carried out for more than ten years, Lop Nur still maintains the same as it was decades ago, which has attracted the attention of the world, and the mainland's scientific research and technology have also developed rapidly.
Until 1996, the country no longer carried out nuclear tests in the Lop Nur area, Lop Nur after 50 years of healing, the ecological environment has gradually been restored, Lop Nur's rich groundwater resources have also become the guarantee of Lop Nur restoration, coupled with the local government and people of Lop Nur spontaneously invested in the cause of environmental protection, the environment of Lop Nur has been rapidly improved, and now Lop Nur has become a tourist attraction, many tourists go to watch and take pictures, and they can also work in the local area, close to nature, This is also a sign of the restoration of the ecological environment of Lop Nur.
epilogue
After ten years of ice, there will be spring after all, and the ecological environment restoration process of Lop Nur is undoubtedly a great encouragement to the cause of ecological environment restoration, even after such huge damage, the natural environment still has the possibility of recovery.
Environmental degradation is caused by man-made destruction and is also affected by natural factors, however, in the face of environmental degradation, human technology and efforts can help restore the balance of the environment and show the possibility of coexistence between humans and nature.
At the same time, it is important to understand the preciousness of natural resources and avoid overexploitation and environmental damage.
From those who criticize the destruction of the environment to those who fight for their country, we need to recognize that it is incumbent upon us to protect the environment.
On the premise of protecting the natural environment, it is feasible to carry out scientific and technological development, and otherwise, it may lead to irreversible damage to the natural environment.
Therefore, the experience of Lop Nur can be used as a reference for future generations to inspire other regions to make better decisions on environmental protection and resource utilization.
If it were not for the selfless contribution at that time, there would be no current ecological environment of Lop Nur, and we should better cherish our earth!