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We're going to be shooting from minus 2,600 meters that's a little over 8,600 feet down at 30 kilometers from the entrance.
我們要從地下2600米處,大約8600多英尺之下--開始拍攝。那個地方離洞口30千米處。
The lead crews will be underground for pushing 30 days straight.
先頭部隊將會在地下向前不停地推進30天。
I don't think there's been a mission like that in a long time.
我想已經很久沒有象這樣的探險活動了。
Eventually, if you keep going down in these things,
最后，如果你一直向下深入這些洞穴，
probability says that you're going to run into a place like this.
概率上說你很可能進入一個
It's a place where there's a fold in the geologic stratum that collects water and fills to the roof.
有褶皺的充滿水的地方。
And when you used to find these things,
當以前找這些地方時，
they would put a label on a map that said terminal siphon.
人們會在地圖上標注其為吸管終端。
Now I remember that term really well for two reasons.
這個詞我記得很清楚。因為有兩個原因。
Number one, it's the name of my rock band, and second,
第一，它是我搖滾樂隊的名字，第二，
is because the confrontation of these things forced me to become an inventor.
是因為這些地方的挑戰迫使我變成了一個發明者。
And we've since gone on to develop many generations of gadgets for exploring places like this.
而且從那以后，我們研發了好幾代，許多用于探索類似地方的小儀器。
This is some life-support equipment closed-cycle.
這是某種閉合的維持生命的儀器。
And you can use that now to go for many kilometers horizontally underwater and to depths of 200 meters straight down underwater.
你現在可以用它在水下水平前行幾千米，其應用范圍深至水下200米處。
When you do this kind of stuff it's like doing EVA.
當你在水下行走時，感覺有點兒像EVA(太空行走)。
It's like doing extra-vehicular activity in space,
像是進行太空行走，
but at much greater distances, and at much greater physical peril.
但是要走的更遠，冒的風險也更大。
So it makes you think about how to design your equipment for long range, away from a safe haven.
這讓你想辦法如何設計你的器械使它安全地走得更遠。
Here's a clip from a National Geographic movie that came out in 1999.
這是國家地理電影1999年拍的一些片段，
Exploration is a physical process of putting your foot in places where humans have never stepped before.
探索是一個物理過程，它讓你涉足人類從未涉及的地方。
This is where the last little nugget of totally unknown territory remains on this planet.
這是地球上完全不為人知的最后一點兒金地。
To experience it is a privilege.
只有極少的人能夠親歷。
That was taken in Wakulla Springs, Florida.
那電影取景于佛羅里達的瓦庫拉泉。
Couple of things to note about that movie. Every piece of equipment that you saw in there did not exist before 1999.
這部電影有幾件事值得注意：你所見的每種設備，1999年前都不存在。
It was developed within a two-year period and used on actual exploratory projects.
它們是在兩年內發明的，并且用于實際探索項目。
