Each tile is fixed to a steel supporting structure, and none of them appear to touch.

每一块瓦片都固定于钢支撑结构之上，互不相连。

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In the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, steel pillars supporting a gas platform make a vertical reef encrusted with tube sponges.

在墨西哥海湾花园堤岸国家海洋保护区，用钢柱支撑着一个气体平台，构成了垂直的镶嵌着管状绵礁的暗礁。

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Its circular brick-and-cement foundation is stationary, supporting a steel track on which the house revolves, moved by a small electric motor.

圆形的砖混地基底座是固定的上面安装了钢轨而房体就由一台小型电动马达驱动在钢轨上转动。

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After around ten trips up the mast, our skipper Justin Taylor, 31, decided the only way to get it down was to remove the 80-foot steel cable supporting the mast.

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At first sight, the 50m-high metal cage appears to be little more than makeshift scaffolding, and with only six discrete steel cables supporting the structure, the sway of the platform is quite noticeable, even in a gentle breeze.

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Later repairs found that supporting steel had been left out by the builder and concrete had been poorly reinforced.

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