As the winds rise and fall, swallow and eddy 随着风的起落、侵蚀和旋绕
a camel at a waterhole can drink as much as 200 litres during a single visit. 一只骆驼找到水坑后 能一次喝下200升水
when the little there is is locked up as ice. 那里仅有的一点水也结成了冰
As the explorers went deeper into the cave, 随着探险家们深入洞穴
Little did they realise that Lechuguilla would soon be regarded by cavers the world over as the most beautiful of all caves. 不久他们便意识到龙舌兰洞很快就会 被全世界的洞穴专家公认为地球上最美丽的洞穴
Bacteria like these are known as extremofile 像这样的细菌被称为嗜极生物
These strange stalactite-like formations are known, rather appropriately, as snotites, 这些奇特的钟乳石状的结构 确切地说 叫做“鼻涕石”
which they use as a refuge from predators. 这里是它们躲避天敌的地方