At this great height, rocks, warmed by the sun, melt small snowdrifts.
在这个异乎寻常的高度上，岩石被阳光加热，融化了小雪堆。
The rate at which the flowing water overcomes this resistance is related to the permeability of rocks.
水流克服这种阻力的速度与岩石的渗透性有关。
In the intergranular spaces of rocks, however, fluid must flow around and between grains in a tortuous path; this winding path causes a resistance to flow.
然而，在粒间孔发育的岩石中，流体必须在颗粒周围的曲折通道中流动；而这种曲折通道会对其流动产生阻力。
This morning I simply dived into deep water off the rocks nearest to the house, where they descend almost sheer.
今天早上我只是在最靠近房子的礁石深水处潜水，那里的岩石几乎是陡峭的。
In this process, sedimentary rocks that originally formed on the seabed may be folded upwards to altitudes of more than 26,000 feet.
在这个过程中，最初形成于海床上的沉积岩可能会向上折叠到26000英尺以上的高度。
Death valley is this desert plain, a dry lake bed in California surrounded by mountains and on the desert floor these huge rocks, some of them hundreds of pounds.
死亡谷是一片沙漠平原，是加利福尼亚的一个干涸的湖床，四周群山环绕，在沙漠的地面上有巨大的岩石，有些重达数百磅。
The motion of a pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
钟摆的运动使这个装置晃动，如此一来这个装置能抓住擒纵轮的每一个齿，随后又将其释放，因而使其精确转动一段距离。
This process is called chemosynthesis, and a lot of different microbes can do it, microbes living in rocks and soils all over the world.
这个过程叫做化能合成，并且很多不同的微生物都能利用这种能源，比如世界各地生活在岩石和土壤中的微生物。
This is the first time the technique has been used to date terrestrial rocks, because nothing else this old has ever been discovered on Earth.
这一方法首次被用于测定陆地岩石的年代，因为之前在地球上还没有发现过这么古老的东西。
There’s nothing difficult, just scree and small rocks—no snow this time of year.
没什么难爬的，只有碎石堆和小岩石——这个季节不下雪。
This time around, Erik Hauri of the Carnegie Institution of Washington analysed a different part of the rocks, called melt inclusions.
这一次，华盛顿·卡内基研究院的艾里克豪瑞分析了被叫做熔融包裹体的另一类岩石。
This morning I simply dived into deep water off the rocks nearest to the house, where they descend almost sheer, yet with folds and ledges enough to make a precarious stairway.
今天早上我只是在最靠近房子的礁石深水处潜水。那里的石头陡然下降，多处坑壑和暗礁形成了一段不稳固的阶梯。
This morning I simply dived into deep water off the rocks nearest to the house, where they descend almost sheer, yet with folds and ledges enough to make a precarious stairway.
今天早上我只是在最靠近房子的礁石深水处潜水。那里的石头陡然下降，多处坑壑和暗礁形成了一段不稳固的阶梯。
The rocks and fossils buried in this rugged landscape tell an intriguing story of an ancient collision that shaped the modern topography, climate, and plant life.
在崎岖多石的地形下面，埋藏着岩石和化石，这有趣地说明远古时代的大陆板块碰撞，形成了现在的地貌、气候和植被。
For this new study, the researchers were able to compare their calculations to analyses of samples of Apollo moon rocks and a lunar meteorite from Africa.
该结果使得研究员们能够将计算结果与阿波罗号带回的月岩及非洲的月球陨石的分析相比较。
For centuries, coastal farmers used a powerful fertilizer that they found covering the rocks on the tip of this peninsula during the dry season-thus giving this area its descriptive name.
几个世纪以来，沿海的农民在旱季把一种效果很强的肥料覆盖在半岛末端的岩石上- - -因此，这个地区的名字是描述性的。
With views towards the iconic Faraglioni rocks, this pool is set in a luxury hotel on the island, which has played host to the rich and famous for a century.
从泳池里就能看到标志性的法拉可列尼巨岩的美景，岛上的这座豪华酒店接待名流巨贾已经长达一个世纪了。
In this case we want to get rid of the sky, rocks and most of the trees.
这个例子中，我们要去掉天空、岩石、和绝大多数树。
Several squares of the Guard, motionless amid this stream of the defeat, as rocks in running water, held their own until night.
羽林军的几个方阵，有如水中的岩石，屹立在溃军的乱流中，一直坚持到夜晚。
Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
众人在亚干身上堆成一大堆石头，直存到今日。
Ignoring this call to action makes no more sense than driving your car around with underinflated tires and a trunk full of rocks.
忽视这一需求是非常不明智的，就像是开着轮胎没气的满载的车到处跑。
Legend has it that she left footprints in the nearby rocks, which can still be seen to this day.
传说中她还在附近的石头上留下了脚印，至今仍清晰可见。
With the exception of pop rocks candy, it is the only food that acts this way.
除了冰糖以外，只有这种食物会有如此反应。
Such enhanced-recovery techniques date back to the 1950s and 40% of California's oil production now depends on steaming subterranean rocks in this way.
这种强化开采技术可以追溯到20世纪50年代，现在加利福尼亚40%的石油产出都是依靠这种方式来蒸馏地下岩石。
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is, if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."
“不对”演讲者说道“我用这个例子真正想要告诉大家的是如果你不先放这些大石头进去那么你就永远也没办法做到了。”
Forming a paisley pattern, the dark volcanic rocks north of SP Crater result from lava flows. (This image has been rotated and north is at right.)
火山熔岩从火山口的北边流淌下来，形成漩涡状的暗黑色岩体(图片已旋转，右边是北方，)。
To help resolve this discrepancy, scientists investigated ancient rocks from Isua, Greenland, to see how the planet changed over time and when precious metals entered the picture.
为了解开这个矛盾，科学家们研究了格陵兰岛伊苏瓦(isua)地区的古老岩石，去观察地球是怎样随着时间而变化的，以及在什么时候贵重金属进入地球。
To help resolve this discrepancy, scientists investigated ancient rocks from Isua, Greenland, to see how the planet changed over time and when precious metals entered the picture.
为了解开这个矛盾，科学家们研究了格陵兰岛伊苏瓦(isua)地区的古老岩石，去观察地球是怎样随着时间而变化的，以及在什么时候贵重金属进入地球。
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