Are the thermals picking up any signs of life?

热量探测器有没有检测到生命迹象？

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Not so in winter, yet the bare trees against the backdrop of a cloudless blue sky, punctuated by vultures riding the thermals, provided a stark beauty all of its own.

而冬天的景致则全然不同，光秃的树木、蔚蓝的长空以及几只乘着气流翱翔的秃鹫共同组成了一幅独具特色的苍凉画卷。

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Birds use thermals to lift them through the air.

鸟类利用上升的暖气流升空。

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Overhead, gulls and gannets ride the thermals or roost in noisy colonies on the cliff faces.

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In the bleached sky, kites and vultures wheeled at a great height on the afternoon thermals, as if the sky itself were slowly turning.

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