地球的力量 第3集 冰川(16)世界上最长的冰河

From space you can really see how fluid ice is.

从这便能看出，冰层的流动确实存在

On the west coast of Greenland,

在格陵兰岛的西海岸

glaciers flow around the contours of a landscapehidden beneath the ice.

冰河在冰层底下沿着陆地的轮廓流动

A false colour image reveals the blue ice of the Ma la spina Glacier in Alaska.

地图上描绘了阿拉斯加境内马拉斯皮纳冰川的蓝色冰层

It flows through a gap in the mountains

它跨过了山脉间的深沟

and spreads out like syrup for more than 30 miles.

如浆液般展开，距离超过50公里

This is part of the Lambert Glacier in Antarctica.

这是南极州内兰伯特冰河的一部分

It's one of the longest glaciers on Earth.

兰伯特冰河是世界上最长的冰河之一

You can follow its flow lines as it bends and twists

你可以随着它的流动轨迹弯曲和盘旋

on its slow-motion descent.

慢慢的向下

Ice is soft and bendy,

冰层是如此柔软易弯

yet it's also powerful enough to destroy almost everything in its path.

当然，它也有足够的能量来摧毁挡在它路线上的一切

But while glaciers usually take tens of thousands of years to sculpt the landscape,

但冰河一般要花几万年的时间 来雕塑地貌

occasionally, they can trigger a devastating change

有时，它们会引起破坏性的变化

that happens in just a few hours.

在不久之前刚刚发生过

You can see the aftermath of one such event

你能看到这种事情的后果

in the northwest corner of the United States.

在美国的西北角