I said: "The desert is so lone!"

我说：“这沙漠多么寂寥！”

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I said: "The desert is so bare!"

我说：“这沙漠多么荒凉！”

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Just the Namib Desert, said to be the oldest on Earth, having maintained at least semi-arid conditions for anywhere between 55 and 80 million years.

只有纳米布沙漠，据说是地球上最古老的沙漠，这儿处处保持至少半干旱的条件已有5500万到8000万年。

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"Saddam Hussein cut down many palm trees, both in the city and in the desert, " said Pieri.

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"They are again in the dirt in the desert, " he said.

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"It will be an unknown location in the open desert, " he said, adding that a burial was needed because decomposition of the body had reached the point where the "corpse cannot last any longer".

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