秘鲁瓦卡奇纳绿洲【人类动脉】第18期

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背景知识：

秘鲁瓦卡奇纳绿洲（Huacachina）号称为南美洲最美的绿洲，独自隐藏于数百英里的荒芜沙漠深处。Huacachina是坐落于秘鲁西南部伊卡大区的一个小村庄，仅有96人在此居住。Huacachina暴露于秘鲁沙漠的烈日之下，水面波光粼粼，似海市蜃楼让人琢磨不透。这里以一池天然湖水为中心，棕榈树、桉树及建筑集中在湖边，碧绿的湖水四周被几十米的沙丘所包围。因为湖水有医疗功效，曾是秘鲁的度假胜地，如今秘鲁的新索尔50元纸钞的背面就是这座湖。Huacachina小镇上有树木、酒店、商店甚至是图书馆。在这里除了可以划船，还可以滑沙，开沙丘越野车。泻湖，郁郁葱葱的棕榈树林，长角豆树，咖啡厅，修剪整齐的草坪，豪宅，Huacachina是一个足以让人神往的好去处。由于当地居民挖了井抽取地下水，再加上夏季高温蒸发，在过去的几年里，泻湖的水位已经下降了很多。为了解决这一问题，人们从Ica里抽水注入泻湖里。

视频文本：

In the middle of the harsh desert in Peru, surrounded by miles of rolling sand dunes, there's a small oasis that's far from a mirage. The town of Huacachina has a population of about 100 people and is one of the few remaining natural oases in North and South America. It's a popular tourist destination, hosting tens of thousands of tourists each year. In its heyday, the village flourished as an elite resort getaway for the wealthy, who once flocked to the waters of the lagoon because it was thought to have medicinal properties. The resort became so popular, it is even featured on Peru's official currency. Legend holds that the lagoon was created when a beautiful native princess was apprehended at her bath by a young hunter. She fled, leaving the pool of water she had been bathing in to become the lagoon. And the woman, herself, is rumored to still live in the oasis as a mermaid.