like these 5-metre cones, frosted with the most delicate crystals. 例如这些5米高的石锥 上面布满了雪霜一样的松脆结晶
Many of these crystals were made of gypsum, 许多结晶都是由石膏组成
but beneath these rolling desert slopes in the United States 但是在美国这些荒凉起伏的山崖之下
And these extremofiles play another important role in this cave. 这些嗜极生物还在这个洞中 扮演着另一个非常重要的角色
which supports, amongst other creatures, the larvae of these midges. 用以养活其它生物 例如这些蚋的幼虫
these bacteria extract energy from the hydrogen sulphide gas. 这些细菌只能从硫化氢气体中吸收能量
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”
These are not the sort of conditions in which you would expect to find fish, 鱼类似乎不太可能生活在这种环境中
yet these cave mollies seem to thrive 然而这些洞栖帆鳍? 看上去却是悠然自得