Israel turned the desert into arable land. 以色列将沙漠变为耕地
But the fossil water reserves are severely depleted. 但是原生水储备已经枯竭
The irrigation equipment is still there. 灌溉设备仍旧在那儿
The light spots on this patchwork show abandoned plots. 地图上的亮点表示已废弃耕地
the dream of industrial farming in the desert has faded. 在沙漠中进行工业化农业的梦想破灭了
Derives from the pipes that irrigate them around a central pivot. 耕地就围绕这些管子形成圆形
Fossil water also enables crops to be grown in the desert... 原生水也能让庄稼在沙漠中生长
Which accumulated underground in the days when it rained on these deserts, 这些水是在25000年前沙漠下雨的时候