- Dissolved minerals condense around them
溶解的矿物质在热泉周围凝结
- to form towering chimneys, known as hydrothermal vents.
形成高耸的烟囱状 被称为深海热液喷口
- They are home to unique communities of animals
深海热液喷口是独特动物群落的家园
- that all rely on the nutrients in the scalding water.
这些动物依靠滚烫的水中的营养物质生存
- Some suggest that vents like these could be the places
有观点认为四十亿年前
- where life on Earth first began four billion years ago.
生命正是起源于类似这样的喷口
- And there is now evidence of hydrothermal vents
如今有证据表明 木星和土星的卫星上
来自《行星地球 第三季 第二集 Planet Earth S03E02 海洋》第 231 行