The sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells—shattering and avalanching on the snow crust—such heaps of broken glass to sweep away.

阳光的温暖使它们的水晶硬壳掉落，在雪壳上粉碎和雪崩，这么一大堆碎玻璃尽够你打扫。

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Why snow crystal shapes change from thin, flat plates to long, slender needles when the temperature changes remains something of a scientific mystery.

为什么在温度变化时雪晶的形状也随着变化，从薄且平的盘状变成长且细的针状，这仍是一个科学之谜。

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Grubby white and blue crystal towers, cliffs and crevasses soar up from the water, dispatching millenniums of compacted snow in the shape of seals, water lilies and bishops' mitres.

水中高耸起污白和蓝色的水晶塔、峭壁和裂隙，将海豹、睡莲和主教冠的形状千年积雪推送出去。

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Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

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Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells - Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

阳光的温暖接着使那水晶的硬壳,从树枝上崩落，一齐倾泻在雪地上-,这么一大堆碎玻璃尽够你打扫,你还以为是天顶的华盖塌了下来。

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