Soon they will swallow the whole shape, and the ash will be absorbed by the water and swept out into the ocean, a thousand particles floating apart and away, dissolved.

不久，它将被全部卷走，上面的灰末全部溶入水中并冲入大海，上千个颗粒将漂移开来，最终分解。

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The North American plate and the African plate drifted apart, leaving a fissured basin that eventually became the Atlantic Ocean.

泛大陆在大约2亿年前解体，北美板块和非洲板块漂移开来，形成的张裂盆地最终形成了大西洋。

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The first one occurred between North America and Africa, and consequently created the Atlantic Ocean, as waters rushed in to fill the gap made by the continents drifting apart.

第一阶段是发生在北美洲和非洲，当水冲进了两个大陆分离的裂缝中，于是大西洋出现了。

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Pictures of the icy satellite Enceladus suggest its surface splits and spreads apart - just like the ocean floor on our planet splits to create new crust.

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She may have been attracted to the idea of relocating here out of her desperate attempt to put an ocean between herself and Wardi, but told everyone else, apart from her mother and intimate friends, that she is here to mourn the passing of her only son.

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