eight hundred miles from any other land, 距最近的其它陆地800英里
Butterfly-fish pluck string-like parasites from it's flanks. 蝴蝶鱼排成一队忙着吃翻车鱼身上的线体寄生虫
Some of these isolated volcanoes rise as much as nine thousand meters from the sea floor, reaching close to the surface. 有一些成为孤岛的火山高耸在海床上达9000米 几乎快要到达海面了
It's powered by a jet of water, squirting from a siphon 它的动力来自虹吸管喷射的水流
Giant sponges filter nourishment from the cold water. 大海绵从冰冷的海水中汲取营养
Powerful currents sweep up the mountains' flanks transporting nutrients from deep water towards the summits. 带着海底养分的强大的洋流与海底山相接 便顺山而上
some, measured from the sea floor, are taller than Everest. 如果从海床开始算 甚至有一些比珠穆朗玛峰还要高
And here, too, more crustaceans, but quite different species from those around the hot vents in the Atlantic. 在这里也有很多甲壳类动物 不过和大西洋的海底火山迥然不同
clad in furry armor jostling with one another beside the jets of superheated water for the best places, from which to graze on bacteria. 覆盖着有毛的甲壳, 互相争抢最佳位置来摄取喷出的炙热海水中的细菌
that draws all it's energy directly from the Earth's molten core. 并直接吸收从地心喷出的能量