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Ngày [[6 tháng 10]] năm 1964, Trung Quốc đã thử thành công quả [[vũ khí hạt nhân|bom nguyên tử]] đầu tiên tại khu vực này.
== Satellite pictures ==
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Image:Desert Lop Nur 89.00E, 40.30N between Kuruktagh and Astintagh.jpg|Satellite picture of the Desert of Lop with the Basin of the formerly sea Lop Nur. In the left Kuruktagh, in the right Astintagh.
Image: Helix of Lop Nur 90.55E, 40.10N.jpg|China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Helix of the former sea Lop Nur.
Image: Basin of Lop Nur 90.25E, 40.10N, Kum Tagh and Astin Tagh.jpg|China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Basin of the formerly sea Lop Nur in the Desert of Lop Nur. In the foreground Kuruktagh, in the background Kumtagh and Astintagh.
File:Salt field in the Lop Nur Desert.jpg|China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Lop Desert with the Basin of the formerly sea Lop Nur. You see the Salt field by the Lop Nur Sylvite Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd. on the date ngày 8 tháng 7 năm 2003.
File:Kaliumchlorid-Feld in der Wüste Lop Nor.jpg|China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Lop Desert with the Basin of the formerly sea Lop Nur. You see the Salt field by the Lop Nur Sylvite Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd. on the date ngày 12 tháng 10 năm 2009.
Image: Basin of Lop Nur 90.25E, 40.10N, Desert of Lop, Kum Tagh and Astin Tagh.jpg|China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Basin of the formerly sea Lop Nur in the Desert of Lop. In the foreground Kuruktagh, in the background Kumtagh and Astintagh. A duststorm is blowing to the west over the Desert of Lop. Two lakes appear in a break in the clouds covering the Plateau of Astintagh. Visible are elongated Ayakkum Hu Lake south-southwest of Lop Nur and small blue-green Gas Hu Lake.
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== History ==
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