Some of the Namib's dunes are 1,000 feet high, 纳米布的沙丘有些高达三百米
For a beetle no larger than a thumbnail, this is the equivalent 对于拇指盖大小的甲虫来说 攀爬距离相当于
at the top of the dunes, and it won't last long. 难以触及 而且不会久留
It'll be burnt off by the sun just hours after it rises. 太阳升起数小时后就会被烤干
Darkling beetles race to the top of the dunes 拟步甲狂奔至沙丘顶部
to reach the fog before it vanishes. 要赶在薄雾消失之前吸收水分
forming fog banks that shroud the desert in mist. 形成雾堤 笼罩沙漠