The scorching-hot lava also carved teardrop-shaped islands into the surface, which are visible near the edges of these plains.

很明显的是在这些平原的边缘附近，灼热的岩浆会在地表“雕刻”出泪珠状岛屿。

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Introduced to control the rats that had arrived with sailors, they had instead chosen to prey on the vast colonies of sea birds that roosted on the lava plains, wiping them out.

ECONOMIST: Ascension Island