At 6 a.m., the flight departed from Cairo airport and flew directly to the shores of Lake Nasser.
The plane flew south along the Nile, because the Nile in Egypt is basically a straight line from north to south, and you can see the riverside scenery along the way.
Ten minutes after takeoff, the plane was over the Sahara Desert. Looking down from the porthole of the engine room, the vast desert reaches the end of the sky, and a green ribbon lies straight on the yellow sand, stretching to the north and south, gradually narrowing from wide to wide, and finally disappearing into the vast desert.
After 2 hours, there is an extremely wide area of green water under the wing. Check the flight altitude displayed on the seat, less than 1000 meters. I asked the guide, are we flying on the surface of the sea? The tour guide said: We are flying on the surface of Lake Nasser and are about to land.
Nasser Lake, also known as Nasser Reservoir, is currently the largest artificial lake in the world, with an area of 5,250 square kilometers, which is 75 times the land area of Singapore. It is 500 kilometers long from north to south and 35 kilometers wide at its widest point, so it is no wonder that it gives the illusion of the sea.
The lake consists of Egyptian and Sudanese territories, of which Egypt accounts for 85%.
Egypt has a population of 100 million, 97% of which supplies water from the lake to the Nile River downstream.
Therefore, Lake Nasser and the Nile River are the source of life in Egypt, and whoever wants to touch or change the direction of the flow will inevitably end up in war! This is by no means alarmist, tragic 65 War, the root of which was the struggle for water, but the location was on the Jordan River.
The plane swept over the swampy area. There are many small islands in the swampy waters, and the islands are full of trees and trees, and they are lush and vibrant. In the long yellow sand, I suddenly encountered the green landscape, and the fatigue of the journey was swept away.
I got off the plane and came to the Temple of Ramses IV.
The temple stands on the shores of the lake and is a testament to the vicissitudes of 3,000 years. This is a joint effort of six developed countries to cut the entire temple into pieces before impounding the water, and then move it to a higher place and re-hoist it according to its original appearance. The amount of work is no less than the reconstruction of a pyramid of Khufu.
Standing under the temple and looking at Lake Nasser, you can see the vast blue water reflecting the blue sky, and a few white sails drifting in the distance. On the ground, a few sand gulls flew on the island, hovering in the air, forming a ** formation, flying towards the white sails, and finally disappeared into the sky and water.