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But this inner heat also continually reshapes
但是這個內熱還不斷的重新塑造著
the surface of the whole planet.
地球的表面
It creates a restless,constantly changing landscape.
它使地貌持續變動，滄海桑田，永不停歇
Iceland is a great place to see exactly how the planet's inner heat is able to transform the surtace of the Earth.
冰島使我們有機會能夠清楚的看到 地熱是怎樣持續不斷的塑造著地球景觀的
Magma usually lies many miles beneath the surface
熔巖一般是在地下幾百公里的地方
but here,in Iceland,it's much closer.
但是在冰島它們離地表更近點
And that has a dramatic effect.
充滿了壯觀的效果
Sulphurous fumes and bubbling hot pools with hundred-degree-plus temperature hint at the power that is just beneath the surface.
含硫磺的刺鼻的煙和冒泡的池子 暗示著巨大的能量就離地表不遠
There are naturally heated pools everywhere in the island,
島上到處都有天然的熱水池
which makes going for a dip something of a national pastime.
去熱水池里面洗個澡成了全民休閑方式
but the people here might not be quite so relaxed if they knew exactly how the water get heated.
當地人也許不清楚水是怎樣變熱的
Just 12 miles beneath Iceland
在冰島地下20公里的地方
is a vast column of super heated rock,called a plume.
有個巨大的柱形熔巖以羽毛狀而聞名
