火山列岛 02

This is a view of the Pacific as seen from space-
这是从一幅太空中看到的太平洋的面貌
a vast expanse of water that covers almost a third of the Earth’s surface.
巨大的水域几乎覆盖了地球表面的三分之一
Today, only 1% of this vast ocean is land,
这巨大的水域，所形成的陆地面积只占了1%
and much of it owes its existence to the explosive powers of volcanoes like Kavachi.
而且大部分的陆地形成要归功于像卡瓦奇火山那样的爆发性力量。
1,500 miles north of the equator,
赤道以北的1500英里的
perhaps the most famous group of volcanic islands in the world -
夏威夷群岛，或许是世界上最著名的火山群岛
Hawaii, still one of the most volcanically active areas on Earth.
它，仍然是地球上火山最活跃的区域
And this is Kilauea. Like all volcanoes, it’s plumbed into the very heart of the Earth - home to a lot of hot, angry rock.
这是基拉韦厄火山，像所有的火山一样，它能够探测到地心-滚烫且充满愤怒的熔岩。
Rising from 60 mile below the ocean’s floor,
熔岩从海平面60英里以下开始出发，
this lava has flowed nonstop for 25 years.
不停歇地流动了25年
On the lower slopes, the lava travels at less than 100 meters an hour,
它在火山角下以不到100米每小时的流动速度
betraying little of its awesome power.
泄露了它惊人的力量
Nothing can survive this smouldering blanket.
没有什么东西可以在其间生存。
As the crust cools, it is lifted by the lava still flowing beneath it.
当熔岩外壳开始冷却，漂浮在流动的岩浆上
The advance is relentless and unpredictable, changing direction without notice.
不间断，不可预测地流向不可知的方向。
Roads here are regularly swept away and some are now buried under 35 meters of rock.
这里的道路经常被冲走，有些现在被埋在35米的岩层之下
In the last 20 years, more than 200 homes have been destroyed by Kilauea’s flow.
在过去的20年里，200多所房屋被基拉韦火山所摧毁
And it doesn’t stop here.
然而，它不会就此停下。