- Star dunes like these can be 300 metres high.
这些巨型沙丘高达300多米
- Grains, swept up the flanks, are blown off the crests of the ridges
斜坡上吹起的沙粒 在沙丘顶部的边棱处飞扬
- so it's only the tops that are moving.
所以沙丘移动的部分只是顶部
- The main body of these dunes may not have shifted for 5,000 years.
这些沙丘的主体 可能已有5000多年未曾移动
- Few rocks can resist the continuous blast of the sand carrying wind.
岩石很难抵挡风沙持续不断的摧残
- These outcrops are standing in Egypt's White Desert.
这些石头如今矗立在埃及的白色沙漠中
- But they will not do so for much longer.
但它们也坚持不了多久
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 69 行