At dusk, the desert car crashed up a high sand dune and stopped, and the Egyptian guide let us enjoy the sunset over the Sahara Desert.
Standing high and looking around, there are layers of sand dunes, like the waves of the sea, rising and falling, all the way to the horizon where the sky and sand are one.
The silent desert, the emptiness swallows everything.
The golden sunset, struggling on the distant horizon, fell in a moment, but the golden light spewed out was even more dazzling, like a raging furnace on the edge of the sky, splashing with fire crows and fire quenching, dyeing the western sky golden.
The sun had collected its last rays, and the darkness of the desert was covered, and countless sand dunes turned into dark shadows.
In the shadows, a Bedouin appeared and warmly invited us to their tribe's bonfire.
In the Gobi hills, there is a large open space, and in the middle of the open space is a huge brazier, and the red flames are floating, reflecting the surrounding low houses and the crowd of people dancing around the fire.
When you get closer to the brazier, you can see a very realistic electric bonfire, and the diesel generator is ringing in the distance. Also, firewood is extremely difficult to find in the desert.
The distant ancestors of the Bedouins were actually Caucasians, Caucasian people of Africa. Because of war or other reasons, they walked into the hinterland of the Sahara Desert 800 years ago, living in search of water and grass, and living a nomadic life without fighting the world.
After the joyous bonfire, the guide said: Let's go see the starry sky, there are the brightest stars in the world.
Night shrouds the desert, and everything is silent.
Looking up at the sky, there is not a trace of clouds. A crescent moon hung in the distant sky, spitting out the clear light, staring helplessly at the dark desert.
In the dark sky, several huge stars twinkled. Pointing to the bright stars, he found Venus, Mars, the Big Dipper, and even Jupiter, which is rarely seen on weekdays.
Surprisingly, the stars seen here are several times larger. This is an excellent view of the absence of light pollution and the extreme dryness of the air.
The gaze extends beyond the crescent moon and bright stars into deep space. I saw a huge silver river across the sky, covering the desert from south to north.
Staring at an area, the more you look at the stars, the more you look at them, the more you look at them.
Looking at it gives me the illusion that the stars are pressing down on you, and you can't help but reach out and grab it, but there is nothing.
suddenly remembered Su Shi's words: I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the height is unbearable and cold....
The Milky Way and the starry sky that Su Shi saw back then, is it this starry sky?