西伯利亚一火山口惊现80米大深洞

原文地址：http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mysterious-260-foot-crater-discovered-in-remote-region-of-siberia-003800386.html

文章来源：龙腾网  翻译：minute

一、正文翻译

Mysterious 260-foot crater discovered inremote region of Siberia

西伯利亚偏远地区惊现深达260英尺火山口

A helicopter flying over a region of Siberareferred to as the "end of the world," recordedfootage of a mysterious, giant craterin the middle of the groundestimated to be 260 feet in diameter.

一架飞机飞过西伯利亚一处被称为"世界末日"的地区，用镜头拍下了地面中央一个神秘的大火山口。据估计，这个火山口深达260英尺。

At first, skeptical observers thought theimages must be a fake. After all, it appears to be something out a summerscience fiction blockbuster, with the giant hole appearing to descend infinitelybelow the surface.

最初，持怀疑态度的观察者认为这些画面是虚假的。毕竟，这个火山口看起来像出自夏季的科幻大片，巨大的洞穴似乎深不见底。

But Russianofficials confirmed the crater's existence and say they are sending ateam of experts to investigate the site located in an area known as the Yamalpeninsula. Scientists from the Center for the Study of the Arctic and theCryosphere Institute of the Russian Academy ofSciences plan to take samples from around the scene.

但俄罗斯的官员们证实了火山口的存在，并表示他们正派出一队专家前往位于亚马尔半岛的该地区进行调查。来自俄罗斯北极研究中心及冰冻圈科学院研究所的科学家们计划到现场取样。

So, what is responsible for the giantcrater?

那么，大火山口的成因是什么呢？

"We can definitely say that it is nota meteorite. No details yet," a spokesperson from Russia'sEmergencies Ministry toldthe Siberian Times.

俄罗斯情况部的一名发言人对《西伯利亚时报》说，"我们可以确定成因不是陨石坠落。目前原因不详"。

Experts say it's probably not the result ofa giant meteor crash or a sinkhole, even though Siberiawas home to the famousTunguskaExplosion of 1908.

专家称，成因可能不是巨大陨石坠落或排水口，虽然西伯利亚是1908年著名的通古斯卡大爆炸的发生地。

The leading theory is that the crater isactually a natural phenomenon known as a ‘pingo.'A pingo, or hydrolaccolith, occurs when ice pushes up from underneath theground. In this case, climate change may have caused the ice to melt, resultingin a crater where the earth-covered frost once stood.

主流的理论是，这个火山口其实是一种被称为"小丘"的自然现象。当冰从地下涌起时就会形成小丘或冰丘堆。就这种情况来看，而气候变化可能导致冰雪融化，曾经被土层覆盖的冰在融化后形成了火山口。

A number of observers point out that thecrater was discovered less than 20 miles from one of Russia's largest gas fields,leading to speculation that an underground explosion could have beenresponsible.

许多观察者指出，这个火山口出现在离俄罗斯最大的一个天然气田不足20英里处，这使得他们推测地下爆炸可能是火山口形成的原因。

二、评论翻译

Some1 6 hours ago This is probably where Putin hides hisrepressed homosexuality.

普京可能把他压抑的同性恋倾向藏在了这里。

Chris 5 hours ago Well done... Ha Ha

说得好。。。哈哈

Joaquin Closet 6 hours ago How 'bout that. The earth has a bellybutton.

这个怎样。地球长了肚脐。

nick 5 hours ago more like an A hole

更像是个洞

I'm Done 6 hours ago Wonder if their water table shifted.

我在想，他们的地下水位是不是发生了改变

one_tall_ndn 6 hours ago Earth provided us with a grave for theKardashian's and Justin Bieber! Lol

大地给卡戴珊和贾斯丁•比伯造了个坟墓！大笑

Max Finisterre 5 hours ago Take Miley, too.

带上麦莉（影歌视三栖的全方位艺人）。

Mental 3 hours ago Why ruin a perfectly good pingo?

干嘛要这样毁掉一个完美的冰丘堆？

Kinzy 5 hours ago Climate Change? Oh come on now writer weknow you are an idiot but that is stretching it.

The thing could be caused by a natural Change and not your man made up lie tosteal money.

气候变化引起的？哦，得了吧。我们知道你就是个傻子，这也太扯了。 这就是自然变化引起的，别再人为编造谎言偷钱了。

matt 5 hours ago Maybe it's where Romney hides his money.

这可能是罗姆尼藏钱的地方。

Catcrosta 5 hours ago The missing heat went in the hole insteadof going in the deep oceans.

"It's in the hole!" Carl Spackler.

高温进入了洞穴而不是流入海洋。 "球进洞了！"Carl Spackler. (百年百大电影台词)

Don 5 hours ago If you don't know the difference betweenclimate change and global warming, please don't post, as it embarasses not

onlyyou, but all of the people who do know the difference and have an opinion onone or the other.

如果不知道气候变化和全球变暖的区别就请不要发文了，因为这不仅会让你自己觉得难堪，所有知晓其中区别和对此有想法的人看了都会觉得难堪。