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Schools of snapper take the lead... while a wall of fusiliers mops up the remains.
嚙魚群帶頭...一大群紅梅鯛做著殘羹的掃尾工作
Across the South Pacific, time continues to work its magic on rock.
掠過(guò)南太平洋，時(shí)間不停地在巖石上施展著魔力
Millions of years of erosion and sinking have reduced the volcanic mount of Maupiti to little more than a hill.
數(shù)百萬(wàn)年的侵蝕和滲透已經(jīng)將莫皮蒂火山縮減成和小山岡差不多了
Eventually, this hill will disappear too.
最終這個(gè)小山岡也會(huì)消失的
And when it does, it will look like this... Mataiva, a coral atoll.
到那時(shí)就會(huì)像這樣...馬太瓦，一座珊瑚環(huán)島。
Rising above the waves, a coral atoll's reef surrounds a shallow lagoon.
升到海面上的珊瑚環(huán)島暗礁包圍著淺礁湖
Where there was once a mighty peak, now there is only water.
曾經(jīng)強(qiáng)大的山峰如今只有了海水
There are thousands of atolls like Mataiva dotted around the South Pacific,
有數(shù)千座像馬太瓦這樣的珊瑚環(huán)島，星羅棋布的點(diǎn)綴在南太平洋
their size and shape determined by the original volcano.
它們的規(guī)模和形狀由起初的火山?jīng)Q定。
