- They reveal nearly two billion years of the earth's history.
它们揭示了近二十亿年的地球历史 - Once upon a time, the grand canyon was a sea inhabited by microorganisms.
从前 大峡谷曾经是微生物居住的海洋 - They grew their shells by tapping into carbon from the atmosphere...
他们通过吸收溶解在海洋中的大气碳元素 - Dissolved in the ocean.
从而长出贝壳 - When they died, the shells sank...
他们死去以后 贝壳沉没 - And accumulated on the seabed.
并沉积在海床 - These strata are the product of those billions and billions of shells.
这些地层便是数以亿计的贝壳的产物