天堂般的湖泊――天池
Michael Mastronardi――Wednesday， March 09， 2005
At the end of last November， I enjoyed the singularly pleasurable experience of visiting The Heavenly Lake for my very first time. I already knew many of the geographical details about this place with its international reputation of unsurpassed natural beauty. I knew that the Heavenly Lake was also called “ Lake Tianchi” in Mandarin. And that it was located 110 kilometers from Urumqi and took two hours to ride from the city. And that Heavenly Lake was a high-mountain lake located in a valley on the northern part of Bogda Peak 1910 meters above sea level. But no travel book or Internet description could prepare me for the experience of actually being there. When I first glimpsed the snow-capped peak of Tianshan Mountain visually dominating the Lake， the entire landscape filled me with a feeling of immense awe. My breath was literally taken away by the unsurpassed beauty with the sky blue waters of the Lake； the surrounding forests‘ towering firs and pines that reached into the sky； and， the winter night skies that revealed the universe of constellations and shooting stars. In a yerk at the dead of night， I was gently lulled to sleep listening to the wind blowing through the Lake and the surrounding forests. And in the light of the early dawn， my heart came to a stop as I watched a single majestic eagle soaring in the sky.
Heavenly Lake is truly a paradise here on earth.
天堂般的湖泊――天池 作者：Michael Mastronardi
去年十一月底，我有幸獨自一人第一次來到了美麗的天池。我事先已經了解到有關此地一些詳細的地理概況，以及在國際上享有的盛名的，神圣的自然景觀。我了解到，“Heavenly Lake”在漢語里被稱之為天池？。距離烏魯木齊一百一十多公里處。騎自行車兩小時即可到達。天池是一個高山湖泊，居海平面以上，位于博格達峰北部一千九百一十米處的峽谷內。當時沒有一個旅游指南或是網頁介紹到那里旅游應該準備什么。當我首次從視覺上看見天山被雪覆蓋著的山峰時，整個風景使我產生了巨大的敬畏的感覺。 這個無比美麗的湖，天藍色的湖水簡直讓我無法呼吸； 森林中筆挺的的冷杉和松樹，直插云霄。 再加上滿天的星辰和流星給這寂靜的冬夜更增添了一份神秘的色彩。 在帳篷里過夜，我安靜的聆聽著風溫柔地吹過湖泊和周圍的森林。 破曉時分，當我看見一只雄鷹在天空中展翅翱翔，我的心跳都快停止了。
天池真是人世間的天堂！
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