地球的力量 第1集 火山(2)最偉大的自然力量
埃塞俄比亞，東非
This is the Afar region, bandit country
這是阿法爾地區(qū)，無人管理的國度
So I've hitched a lift with the Ethiopian military.
所以我搭上了埃塞俄比亞的軍用飛機(jī)
I'm off to one of the hottest and remotest place on the surface of our planet.
要去一個非常偏僻炎熱的地方
to see the most powerful forceon Earth in action.
去看活躍在我們星球表面的最偉大的自然力量
We've got plenty of equipment, because ahead of us there are some serious climbing.
我們帶來許多工具 因為在我們前面的是非常險峻的地形
We've touched down on a dry, brittle surface of recently cold lava.
飛機(jī)降落在已經(jīng)冷卻的干燥易碎的熔巖表面
I'v come all this way to see one of the most remarkable volcanoes anywhere on the planet.
跑了那么遠(yuǎn)的路來觀察地球上最非凡的火山之一
It's called Erta Ale.
峨塔·艾爾
The name means the smoking mountain to the local Afar people.
阿法爾地區(qū)的當(dāng)?shù)厝苏f是冒煙的山的意思
It is reckoned that the lava lake has been active for at least 90 years, this volcano has beencontinuously erupting lava for longer than any other on Earth.
可能是這個火山一直在往外噴巖漿
making it one of the logest known eruptions.
比地球上其它火山活動的時間都長
But no one's quite sure
但是沒人能夠肯定
because it is only been properly studied for the last 40 years.
因為對它的研究只是在最近40多年才開始
I've been lucky to see a lot of volcanoes in my time
在我的一生中 我有幸看到了許多火山
and I've never seen one
但是我從沒有見過
that has a permanent lake of molten lava in its crater.
在火山口能夠形成一個永久的熔巖湖
