The currents causing through the rock
通過巖石產生的電流
can give rise to other oddities,
能引起其他奇異的現象
including one that Freund believes
其中包括弗羅因德認為
may explain the lights in the sky before an earthquake.
能解釋地震前天空中出現亮光的現象
If it were dark here,
如果現在周圍是黑的
we would start seeing little flashes of light
我們將會看到這些巖石邊緣形成的
forming along the edges of these rocks.
微弱的閃光
Maybe in nature,
也許在自然界
they are sufficiently strong
它們足夠強大
that they could become luminous phenomenon known
形成了在地震前 地震中
as earthquake lights that can happen before earthquakes,
以及發生余震時
during earthquakes and also during the aftershock series.
出現的被稱為地震光的明亮閃光
You think there's a connection between this and...?
你認為他們之間有聯系
Oh, yes, yes, there's definitely a connection.
是的 肯定有聯系
Friedemann Freund is fighting a tide of opposition
斐迪曼·弗羅因德在與主流觀點的反對
from mainstream science,
作著斗爭
but he's convinced that he's right
但是他堅信自己是正確的
and he's prepared to put his money where his mouth is.
并且準備為此傾其所有
So far, everything that I've shown you
到目前為止 我給你展示的這些
was essentially done on a shoe-string budget,
都是在實驗經費十分緊張的情況下完成的
with lots of private money going in there and very,
其中傾入了很多私人的資金
very little funding from any government sources.
而來自政府方面的資助很少
Who's been funding it up until now?
目前為止是誰在資助呢