Magellan mapped more than 98 percent of the surface of Venus, and revealed the planet to be mostly covered by volcanic materials, dotted with a few impact craters.

用于探测金星的麦哲伦号绘制完成了金星表面98%的地形图，它传回的数据表明金星的大部分地区都被火山物质所覆盖，其间点缀着一些陨石坑。

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But Greece may not sign on the dotted line until Israel has agreed with Lebanon and Cyprus on where a border is to be drawn in the sea, demarcating each country's economic exclusion zone.

可是希腊似乎没有全盘接受以色列，只有当以色列同意黎巴嫩和塞浦路斯的边境以海为界，并划出各国的经济专属区。

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Even during alight breeze, when the ocean's surface is only dotted with whitecaps, plastic bits can temporarily be deep-sixed, Proskurowski noted.

即使在微风吹拂的情况下，塑料碎片也会暂时被卷到海中6米以下的深度。

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This may go some way to address another of CPRE's concerns - that the countryside will be dotted with small farmers' turbines, radically altering the look of the landscape.

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Bakers would serve hot loaves of pan dulce (a sweet bread dotted with candied fruit) rumoured to be the best in the city, and famed cultural figures like tango stars idled away hours at the tables.

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But there is plenty for the less physically ambitious to do as well, including taking a walk through the Valley of the Moon near sunset (the salt rock formations can be heard popping and crackling with temperature swings), visiting flamingo-dotted salt lakes, swimming near the El Tatio geysers, or stargazing at Explora's own observatory.

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