The translucent columns also resemble giant pillars of ice but are warmed by superheated air leaking up from underground magma Chambers.

这些剔透的柱体就像巨大的冰柱，但又被过热的空气熔化，这些空气来自地下的岩浆房。

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In the dead of winter days, snow blocking the window, like a translucent crystal ice downpipe small columns, rows hung in the eaves.

十冬腊月天，雪堵着窗户，冰溜子像透亮的水晶小柱子，一排排地挂在房檐上。

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However a technical hitch meant only three of the torchbearers were able to light the flame after one of the ice columns failed to appear.

BBC: Winter Olympics start despite luge tragedy