Name: 人類歷史上最大的謎團剛剛被解開 (The Biggest Mystery In Human History Was Just Solved)
Uploaded: 2022-05-18T02:45:58.000Z
Duration: 10 min 27 s

- [Narrator] This is one of the most unique deserts

Not only can its pure white sands be seen

it's left many scientists with many questions than answers.

它給許多科學家留下了許多問題而不是答案。

Like, why are there these giant, mysterious pedestals

比如，為什麼會有這些巨大的、神祕的基座？

在地球上沒有其他地方可以看到？

And where did these footprints come from?

they're dated 10,000 years before homo sapiens

它們的時間比智人的時間早一萬年。

- We are here in New Mexico, at White Sands National Park,

- 我們在新墨西哥州，在白沙國家公園。

Non-Fungilble Planet Campaign to appreciate

不易腐爛的地球 "運動將得到讚賞

我們稱之為 "家 "的這個東西的美麗。

- This is so interesting, everything is so white here,

- 這真是太有趣了，這裡的一切都那麼白。

科學家們取得了一項突破性進展

但首先，為什麼會有這種月光。

gorgeous desert in the middle of America?

I know we're in White Sands, 'cause boom, white sand.

我知道我們是在白沙，因為嘣，白沙。

300 million years ago, this was the Permian Sea,

full of water, and sharks, and cephalopods, and nautili.

充滿了水、鯊魚、頭足類動物和海龜。

Over millions of years, that water evaporated

You can actually see the gypsum in the mountains,

你實際上可以看到山中的石膏。

over there yonder, it's the white little streaks.

They're actually not little, they're rather huge,

它們實際上並不小，而是相當巨大。

Around 10,000 years ago, and it still happens today,

大約在一萬年前，今天仍有這種情況。

the rains began washing the gypsum, and other minerals,

雨水開始沖刷石膏和其他礦物。

off of the mountain to the lowest part of the basin

我們現在所處的位置，叫做盧塞洛湖。

But Lake Lucero doesn't actually drain into any ocean.

但盧塞洛湖實際上並沒有流入任何海洋。

So, the hot sun and the wind evaporates the water out,

是以，炎熱的太陽和風把水蒸發掉了。

在湖面上到處都是突起的建築物。

這是一個超級多風的沙漠地區。

which breaks up the soft crystals into shards,

which continue to get whipped around by the wind,

until they become coarse grains of gypsum sand.

So, all these little pieces of white gypsum

have been scratched and whipped together,

這就是為什麼它們看起來是白色的。

And over the last 10,000 years, the whipping of all

而在過去的一萬年裡，對所有的鞭打

of those gypsum selenite crystals into these little

這些石膏硒石晶體變成這些小的

pieces of sand have created these unbelievable dunes.

沙子的碎片形成了這些令人難以置信的沙丘。

And as I say this out loud, I'm just like,

當我大聲說出這句話時，我只是想。

- I don't know, I do find that sand is hell to walk on,

- 我不知道，我確實發現沙子是行走的地獄。

and we're on the White Sands National Park,

- [Narrator] But what keeps the white sand

- [旁白]但是，是什麼讓白色的沙子

Well, there's ground water, 12 to 36 inches

and this water helps hold the large dunes in place,

而這些水有助於保持大沙丘的位置。

The water is essentially just holding onto the sand,

the largest white gypsum desert in the world,

- And on the surface, these dunes are very soft,

- 而在表面上，這些沙丘是非常柔軟的。

but you just have to brush away about an inch or so,

但你只需要刷掉大約一英寸左右。

and you'll see it's very hard, it's cool.

而且你會看到它非常難，它是很酷的。

- 哦，我的上帝，它是如此寒冷。

- It is wet, you can see all the moisture in it.

- 它是溼的，你可以看到它的所有水分。

because of this water, and that's what holds

If it was just the soft sand, it would blow away.

如果只是軟沙，它就會被吹走。

up to 38 feet per year, but are ultimately contained

每年最高可達38英尺，但最終被控制在

- These tracks behind me are actually from

- 我身後的這些曲目實際上是來自

是以，隨著風的吹動，你可以看到。

and it's left in its wake this harder, sort of,

並在其身後留下了這個更難的，有點。

And scientists don't know exactly the mechanism

而科學家們並不確切知道其機制

by which it happens, but even though they're

kind of shaped this way, you'd think it's from being pushed,

形狀是這樣的，你會認為它是被推的。

they believe it's from the tail-end of the dunes

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