Nothing untoward, like explosions, and no new knowledge gained. This has been our prediction all along on this matter.

没有发生什么意外，如爆炸等，但也没有获得什么新知识。我们对此的预言自始至终一直是这样的。

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And ground explosions would use water detonations for a while, so it felt like you were fighting on a giant sponge.

陆地上产生的爆炸能产生类似水纹荡漾的效果，看上去似乎是在一块巨大的海绵上作战一般。

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The curving brushstrokes of Van Gogh's expressive sky look like explosions of blue fire.

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There are many possible causes for such sounds, he said, including large waves, earthquakes, shifting sands in dunes or deserts, far off thunder or man-made sources like factories, explosions or sonic booms.

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