地球的力量 第5集稀有行星(7):在沙漠里寻找

The Nullarbor is vast, but it's as flat as a pancake.

纳拉伯平原很广阔像一个平底锅

So it's the ideal hunting ground for meteorites.

所以这里是寻找小陨石的理想场所

Little has changed here for millions of years,

几百万年来什么都没有改变过

allowing meteorites to accumulate undisturbed.

这样小陨石可以不受打扰地聚集

The team are preparing to search the ground.

这个队伍准备寻找地面

scouring the desert Like a police search team.

就像警察搜救队一样在沙漠里寻找

The whole plateau's limestone, so dark meteorites stand out pretty good

整个高原都是石灰岩所以深色的陨石一眼就看得到

against the pale limestone, and there's not too much vegetation,

浅色的石灰岩，而且这里没有太多植物

so you can see the ground pretty well.

所以可以清楚看到地面

So what am I looking for? Something metal and dark?

我要寻找什么?金属类的，颜色深的?

Yeah. When they've been out here for a while, they rust a little bit.

是的，它们在这里呆了一阵子会有点上锈

They have chunks of metal in them,so you get a kind of a dark, rusty texture.

它们还有很多的金属 所以你会看到颜色较深锈迹斑斑的

After searching for quite a while, we've not had much luck.

搜索了相当长的一段时间我们运气不太好

Hey, guys, I think I've got one here.

嘿，我好像找到一个了