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Human beings venture into the highest parts of our planet at their peril.
人類總是愿意冒著生命危險占領地球上最高的地方
Some might think that by climbing a great mountain they have somehow conquered it,
人們或許認為只要登上頂峰便能征服一座高山
but we can only be visitors here.
不過，我們僅僅只是這里的拜訪者
This is a frozen, alien world.
這是一個冰封的異域世界
This is the other extreme. One of the lowest, hottest places on Earth.
這里是另一種極端環境。地球上一處最低最熱的地方
It's over a hundred metres below the level of the sea.
它的地勢低于海平面100多米
But here, a mountain is in gestation.
但這里卻在醞釀一座高山
Pools of sulphuric acid are indications that deep underground there are titanic stirrings.
這些硫酸池暗示地底深處正進行著大規模活動
This is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, lying within a colossal rent in the Earth's surface
這里是埃塞俄比亞境內的達納吉爾凹地，位于地球表面的大裂谷內
where giant land masses are pulling away from one another.
巨大的陸地板塊在此互相分離
Lava rises to the surface through this crack in the crust, creating a chain of young volcanoes.
熔巖經過這條地殼裂縫涌上地表，誕生了一連串年輕的火山
