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Clouds of sulfides solidify into towering chimneys, as tall as a three story house.
硫化物冷卻所形成的濃煙有3層樓那么高。
At four hundred degrees this scalding cocktail of chemicals would be lethally toxic to most forms of life
400度的高溫，劇毒的化學物質足可以殺死絕大多數生物，
but astoundingly, a particular kind of bacteria thrives here
但是令人震驚的是，一種特別的細菌在這里繁榮昌盛，
and feeding on the bacteria, vast numbers of shrimps.
大量的蝦又以細菌為食。
So, beyond the farthest reach of the Sun's power
即使在沒有太陽的能量驅動，
a rich independent community exists, that draws all it's energy directly from the Earth's molten core.
也會誕生豐富的共生動物群，并直接吸收從地心噴出的能量。
On the other side of the planet, in the western Pacific bordering Japan
在地球的另一端，西太平洋和日本的交界處，
the dragon chimneys, another series of hot vents, erupting in the darkness.
龍火山帶，另一些在黑暗的海底噴發的火山口。
Here, more, but different bacteria thrive in a similar way.
這里更多的不同的細菌因為相同的原因而繁榮著。
And here, too, more crustaceans, but quite different species from those around the hot vents in the Atlantic.
在這里也有很多甲殼類動物，不過和大西洋的海底火山迥然不同。
