The lights of the Mariposa were growing dim in the distance, and there he was, swimming confidently, as though it were his intention to make for the nearest land a thousand miles or so away.

他自信地游着，仿佛是打算往最近也在千里以外的陆地游去。

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Fair question. After all, if we can detect gravitational waves, or send a probe to land on a comet, surely we can send some rubbish to our nearest star?

这是个不错的问题。毕竟，如果我们能探测到引力波，能发送探测器到彗星上，那我们为什么就不能将垃圾送到离我们最近的星球上去呢？

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Although it is thousands of kilometers away from us, maybe it is the nearest pure land and paradise we can find.

虽然与我们相距几万公里，但这也许是我们可以找到的最近的净土和乐土。

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Three times in the past three weeks, and once in November, engine failure forced pilots to land at the nearest airport.

CNN: A Plane Tale of Caution

" "The pilot, after a lot of damage to the aircraft, was faced with a situation of either ditching the aircraft in the ocean or bailing out or landing the aircraft, and he made the choice that everyone would have wanted him to make -- to land at the nearest available airfield, which happened to be on Chinese soil, And he did it well.

CNN: U.S. pilot struggled to regain control after collision

Plans for the landfill site show that the boundary will be 30 metres from the nearest house and Gallaghers Estates, which owns the land, says it may have to review its plans if the project goes ahead.

BBC: Wixams landfill protesters