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But this inner heat also continually reshapes
但是这个内热还不断的重新塑造着
the surface of the whole planet.
地球的表面
It creates a restless,constantly changing landscape.
它使地貌持续变动，沧海桑田，永不停歇
Iceland is a great place to see exactly how the planet's inner heat is able to transform the surtace of the Earth.
冰岛使我们有机会能够清楚的看到 地热是怎样持续不断的塑造着地球景观的
Magma usually lies many miles beneath the surface
熔岩一般是在地下几百公里的地方
but here,in Iceland,it's much closer.
但是在冰岛它们离地表更近点
And that has a dramatic effect.
充满了壮观的效果
Sulphurous fumes and bubbling hot pools with hundred-degree-plus temperature hint at the power that is just beneath the surface.
含硫磺的刺鼻的烟和冒泡的池子 暗示着巨大的能量就离地表不远
There are naturally heated pools everywhere in the island,
岛上到处都有天然的热水池
which makes going for a dip something of a national pastime.
去热水池里面洗个澡成了全民休闲方式
but the people here might not be quite so relaxed if they knew exactly how the water get heated.
当地人也许不清楚水是怎样变热的
Just 12 miles beneath Iceland
在冰岛地下20公里的地方
is a vast column of super heated rock,called a plume.
有个巨大的柱形熔岩以羽毛状而闻名
