地球的力量 第4集 海洋(14):巨大的白水晶

As rivers flow over rocks and stones,they graduallywear them down.

隨著河水流過(guò)巖石和石塊 漸漸腐蝕了它們

This releases salts trapped inside the rocks

這就釋放出了巖石中的鹽分

which are carried down to the ocean as sediment.

然后被帶到海洋成為沉積物

Once in the ocean, thesalts slowly become more concentrated

一旦進(jìn)入海洋，鹽就會(huì)慢慢集中

by millions of years of evaporation.

經(jīng)過(guò)幾百萬(wàn)年的蒸發(fā)

But salt was not the only thing left behind by the vanishing Mediterranean.

但是當(dāng)時(shí)消失的地中海 留下的并不只有鹽

If you're prepared to really search,

如果你準(zhǔn)備好了尋找一下

you can find leftovers that are far more exciting

會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)更激動(dòng)人心的殘留物

than plain old table salt.

比普通的食鹽更好玩

In this cave, there's something so precious

在這個(gè)山洞里有件很寶貴的東西

that I am one of the few people who's ever been allowed to see it.

只有包括我在內(nèi)的幾個(gè)人看到過(guò)

This is a geode, and these are giant rock crystals,more than a metre long.

這是一個(gè)晶洞這些是巨大的白水晶 有一米多長(zhǎng)

This is some of the largest crystals I've ever seen.

這是我見(jiàn)過(guò)的最大的水晶