Mirror of the Sky, one of the 55 places you must visit in your lifetime: Chaka Salt Lake

Chaka Salt Lake, also known as Chaka or Dabson Nur, is a natural crystalline salt lake located in Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It is also the four largest salt lakes in the Qaidam Basin. One of them, Chaka Salt Lake is also as famous as Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai Lake and Mengda Tianchi, and is known as one of the "Four Great Scenic Spots in Qinghai". It also has a nice and romantic name - "Mirror of the Sky". Because of its innate unique temperament, Kayan Lake was rated as one of the "55 Places You Must Visit in Your Lifetime" by the National Tourism Geography Magazine.

"Chaka" means salt pond in Tibetan, which is the salt pond in Qinghai. The journey of the Chaka Salt Lake is due to plate movement. The interface between the Eurasian plate and the Indian Ocean plate, which was originally covered by seawater, gradually rose up to form the Tibetan Plateau. During the formation process of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, part of the seawater accumulated in the low-lying areas, thus gradually forming many salt lake. The history of salt mining in Chaka Salt Lake is also very long. As early as 206 BC, local people began to mine salt for consumption. This salt field has become the most precious gift from God to the people of Chaka Salt Lake area for thousands of years. It is rich in The "Da Qing Salt" salt grains are large and pure, the salt tastes mellow, and it is easy to mine.

The Chaka Salt Lake basin has a vast area and flat terrain. The lake surface is like an unfolded mirror, and the white clouds in the sky are completely reflected in the lake surface. You can also see the year-round snow on the lake surface. The reflections of Wanyan Tongbu Mountain, a branch of the Qilian Mountains, and Wanggaxiu Mountain, a branch of the Kunlun Mountains. The entire lake is like a masterpiece carefully drawn by an artist. I don't dare to show off the atmosphere here, just like a mortal who has strayed into a fairyland, for fear of breaking the artistic conception.

At night, Chaka Salt Lake, the "mirror of the sky," transforms into a "mirror of the night sky," illuminating the beauty of the changing stars in the universe. Because it is located on a plateau, with no obstacles and no pollution around, the lake area has become the best place for stargazing. Here we can appreciate the vast stars in the clear night sky and feel the quiet power that nature brings to you. The endless power contained in all silence.

The sunrise and sunset of Chaka Salt Lake are also the most attractive to me. Although I always stay up late and get up early to shoot time-lapse, the sunrise and sunset here still make me jaw-dropping. They are also the two most beautiful moments of the day in Salt Lake in my mind. The sunset, colorful clouds, and calm lake surface all together create a mirror world of water and sky, which made me dazed for a moment and couldn't tell which one was real. world.