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That have succeeded one another on Earth over nearly four billion years.
在近40億年里 這些生物被彼此繼承取代。
And even today, new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes.
即使到了今天,新的火山繼續(xù)改變我們的景觀。
They offer a glimpse of what our Earth was like at its birth molten rock surging from the depths, solidifying, cracking,
它們讓我們目睹了盤古初開時地球的樣子,熔石從深處涌出。開始凝固裂開。
Blistering or spreading in a thin crust, before fabling dormant for a time.
冒著泡 或攤開形成薄的外殼。然后再休眠一段時間。
These wreaths of smoke curling from the bowels of the Earth...
這些從地球內(nèi)部吐出繚繞的煙圈。
bear witness to the Earth's original atmosphere.
是地球原始大氣層的見證。
An atmosphere devoid of oxygen.
一個沒有氧氣的大氣層。
A dense atmosphere, thick with water vapor, A furnace.
稠密的大氣層 充滿水蒸氣和二氧化碳。一個熔爐。
But the Earth had an exceptional future, offered to it by water.
因為有水 地球有了一個與眾不同的未來。
At the right distance from the sun, not too far, not too near.
地球與太陽之間的距離適中 不太遠 不太近。
the Earth was able to conserve water in liquid form.
因此地球上的水能夠處于液體狀態(tài)。
Water vapor condensed and fell in torrential downpours on Earth, and rivers appeared.
水蒸氣凝結(jié)后形成滂沱大雨降落在地球上。河流出現(xiàn)了。
The rivers shaped the surface of the Earth, cutting their channels, furrowing out valleys.
河流改變了地球表面,刻削著河道并沖刷出山谷。
They ran toward the lowest places on the globe to form the oceans.
它們流向地球上最低洼的地方形成海洋。
They tore minerals from the rocks, and gradually the freshwater of the oceans...became heavy with salt.
水溶解了巖石的礦物質(zhì)。漸漸的海洋中的淡水變成了咸水。
Water is a vital liquid.
水是生命必需的液體。
It irrigated these sterile expanses.
它灌溉了這些廣闊的不毛之地。
The paths it traced are like the veins of a body,the branches of a tree, the vessels of the sap that it brought to the Earth.
水流就像人體的血管。樹木的枝丫是讓大地蘇醒的液體導管。
Nearly four billion years later, somewhere on Earth can still be found these works of art,
40億年后地球上的某些地方還能找到這樣的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作。
Left by the volcanoes' ash, mixed with water from Iceland's glaciers.
火山灰混合著來自冰島冰川的水。
