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And the final part of the model shows that lava has filled the crater and flowed beyond the edges of the crater
模擬的最后階段顯示熔巖灌滿了隕石坑，甚至漫出隕石坑的邊緣。
and the original crater structure, we can see the walls here is completely drowned by the large volume of lava,
我們可以看到原來的隕石坑，包括它的坑壁都已被大量熔巖徹底淹沒，
so that there's no outward shape of the crater visible from the surface.
所以從地表根本看不出隕石坑的形狀。
It meant the Permian crater would have entirely filled with lava.
也就是說二疊紀撞擊坑完全注滿了熔巖。
The reason nobody had found a crater was because there wasn't one.
人們之所以找不到它就是因為它已經不存在了。
It was a fascinating idea, but was it also too neat?
這種觀點很有說服力，但它是不是太簡單了呢？
When a large meteor hits the earth, it leaves more than one fingerprint.
當大型天體撞擊地球時通常會留下不止一個傷疤。
It also leaves a trail of shattered rock and dust which are blasted around the globe by the force of the collision.
同樣也會留下碎石和塵埃因撞擊力而被撒落全球的痕跡。
If John was right, the Permian meteor should have left similar traces.
如果Jones是正確的，那么二疊紀隕星也應該留下類似的證據。
But despite looking in Permian rocks, the length and breadth of the planet,
但是在地球上無論多寬多長的二疊紀巖層中，
nobody could find a single trace of the meteor.
都沒能發現有關隕石的一點線索。
