With less winter snow on mountains as average temperatures rise, woods in many regions are drying out and becoming ever more vulnerable to fire.

随着冬季平均气温的升高，高山上的雪越来越少，许多地方的林木都几近干枯，越来越容易烧起来。

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Flames from the Las Conchas fire burn in Los Alamos N.M. in the Jemez Mountains on the morning of June 28 2011.

2011年6月28日早晨，新墨西哥州赫美斯山区来自拉斯▪康查斯的烈焰正在灼烧洛斯▪阿拉莫斯。

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Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.

太阳照在金牌铜牌上，光耀反射在山上，闪烁有如火炬。

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Dragons, fire-spewing mountains, dark forests, strange masked figures.

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