被点亮的星球（2018）

The sun...
太阳
Gives us warmth and light.
给予我们光和热
It is the fuel of life.
它为生命提供燃料
Without the energy of the sun
没有了来自太阳的能量
almost nothing grows, thrives or lives.
几乎没有任何生物能生长 旺盛 甚至存活
But the sun was not put there for our benefit.
但太阳并不是为了我们而存在的
It is not this big jolly ball of nice
它并不是为了挂在那里冲我们微笑
smiling down on us,
祝福我们度过美好的一天
wishing us all a good day.
做一个让人开心的玩具球
It is not our friend.
太阳并不是我们的朋友
The sun is a monster.
而是一个怪物
A planet killer.
一个行星杀手
And we don't see that side of the sun down here.
而我们在地球上无法看到太阳的这一面
But eight astronauts,
但有八名宇航员
with over 1,000 days in space between them,
通过在太空中的千日之旅
Can show us how being up there
告诉我们 身处外太空
helped them understand
能使其领略到
the sun's bright fury.
太阳的耀眼和狂暴
It's got an incredible amount of power which you
太阳的能量强到不可思议
really appreciate when you go out in space.
等你进入太空中就会意识到这一点
Just like the gods of old
正如同远古众神
the sun can give life
太阳能创造生命
and it can destroy life.
也能毁灭生命
It's a mean son of a gun.
它是个坏脾气的家伙
It's exploding and it's sending cosmic radiation at us.
它一直在爆♥炸♥ 同时向我们输送宇宙辐射
Given the amount of radiation from the sun,
从太阳辐射的总量来看
there shouldn't be life on the surface of the earth.
地球上本不该有任何生命
We shouldn't be here.
我们本不应该存在
But we are here.
但是我们活在这里
And we owe our lives to this world.
多亏了这个世界
I'm gonna tell you how the earths core...
我将会告诉你 地核与大气层
The air above us...
以及生命进化机制本身
and life itself work to protect us.
是如何保护我们的
The earth shields us in a suit of armor.
地球用一层盔甲保护着我们
And the way she does it...
而她之所以能做到这点
Is one hell of a strange story.
则是悲惨境地中的一番奇迹
You see that guy in the crowd?
你看到人群里的那个男人了吗
He's just a bit different from the rest of us.
他和我们大家有一点点不同
He's a spaceman.
他是位宇航员
Once he risked his life
他曾经冒着生命危险
to fix a telescope 350 miles above the earth.
维修一台轨道高度563公里的望远镜
And he's spent a lifetime studying the stars.
他一生致力于研究星星
People still feel this incredible fascination with,
人们如今依然能感受到不可思议的魅力
天体物理学家
杰夫·霍夫曼
with looking at the sun.
当我们仰望太阳时
Twice a year
每年两次
it just crosses the line of the cross streets of Manhattan...
太阳越过曼哈顿街道的十字路口
And sets at just that right point
夕阳就在那里
that it just makes a beautiful orange glow
散发着美丽的橙色余晖
which permeates the city.
弥散到整个城市
In some sense I suppose I could say
某种程度上我可以说
I saw more of the true character of the sun...
我比生活在地球表面的人们
Than people who are always on the surface of the earth.
见到过更多太阳真实的样子
You open the airlock
打开气闸舱
and then turn around and look up.
然后转身抬头看
It's like that great scene in the Wizard of Oz
这就像是《绿野仙踪》里
where Dorothy comes out of the house
多萝西离开房♥子的那一幕
and it's not black and white anymore.
世界不再是黑白的了
All of a sudden, the whole world is in color.
突然之间 世界有了色彩
But don't forget those visors.
不过别忘了遮阳板
They do come in handy when that big fire ball is staring at you.
当那个大火球直视你的时候它们可是很有用的
Yep.
没错
One of my great eureka moments
我最棒的发现之一
was realizing for the first time when I was in space
就是当我身处太空时 我第一次意识到
that I was seeing the sun in a black sky.
我正看着黑色天幕上的太阳
Think of that.
想象一下
You really see the sun as a star.
你真的将太阳看作一颗恒星
Particularly when I was out in the space suit,
尤其当我身着宇航服在太空活动的时候
the power of the sun just hits you in the guts.
你能真切感受到太阳能在击打你的内脏
It just goes through your entire body.
穿透你整个身体
The temperature extremes are 250 degrees in the sun
被阳光照耀到时舱外温度最高 有250度
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and then minus 250 in the shade.
而在阴影处温度降至零下250度
That's pretty incredible and that our suits can withstand those temperatures.
我们的装备能承受这样极端的温度真是了不起
But even we astronauts
但即使是我们航♥天♥员
only experience a fraction of the sun's power.
也只能窥见太阳威力的冰山一角
It has many weapons it can send our way.
它有很多武器能置我们于死地
Heat, light and deadly flares that can devastate entire planets.
热 光 还有能够摧毁整颗行星的太阳耀斑
在短时间内释放大量能量,向外发射各种电磁辐射
太阳耀斑:发生在太阳大气局部的剧烈的爆发现象
Look at Mars.
看看火星
Billions of years ago we think it was just like us...
我们认为 几十亿年前 它和地球一样
A potential cradle for life.
都是生命的摇篮
But radiation from the sun ravaged it.
但是来自太阳的辐射摧毁了它
Solar flares with the destructive power of billions of Hiroshima atomic bombs
威力相当于数十亿颗广岛原♥子♥弹♥的太阳耀斑
helped chew away Mars's atmosphere
将火星大气层剥离殆尽
and the oceans evaporated into space.
使得海洋蒸发干涸
Earth is even closer to the sun than Mars,
然而地球比火星距离太阳更近
so how come we're not dust and ashes?
为什么我们没有变成灰烬呢
See, the thing is, our planet is strong on defense.
看 这是因为 地球的屏障更加坚固
And every player has a role.
每位参与者都做出了贡献
From the edge of space...
从外太空边界
To the deepest oceans...
到最深的海洋
To one of the most hostile places on earth.
到地球上环境最恶劣的地方之一
刚果民♥主♥共和国
尼拉贡戈火山
We'll be sleeping with gas masks on.
我们将会戴着氧气面罩入睡
火山学家
肯·西姆斯 教授
Sometimes it'll clear up and be beautiful but most of the
有时候雾气散去这里会很漂亮 但是绝大多数时候
time we'll be wearing our gas masks even to bed.
我们都会戴着氧气面罩 甚至是睡觉时
Ken Sims doesn't do nine to five.
肯·西姆斯不喜欢朝九晚五
This is his idea of a good day at the office.
这才是他心目中美好的"办公室"日常
For over 20 years he's ventured into active volcanoes across the globe
二十年以来 为了收集熔岩样本
to collect samples of molten lava.
他深入全球各地的活火山
Studying this stuff
此等研究
is one of the best ways to understand what's happening in the center of the earth
是了解地核活动的最佳方法之一
and the process that protects us from the sun.
同时还可以了解地球保护我们免受太阳灼伤的机制
Pretty much that whole bottom terrace
底部的阶地现在差不多
考察队领队
奥尔多·凯恩
now is completely covered in brand new lava flow, isn't it?
已经被崭新的熔岩覆盖了 是吧
Yeah. And with the new lava flow coming around against the wall there,
是啊 新的岩浆要流到那墙边了
we'll have to watch out.
所以我们得小心点了
The lava's intensely hot, roughly 2,000 degrees.
这岩浆的温度极高 接近2000度
It will burn pretty much anything on contact.
它会把接触到的任何东西都燃烧殆尽
Okay, heading over.
好了 上前看看吧
I'll go over just towards the edge here.
我打算就到边缘看看
We'll have a look.
来见识一下
Whoa.
哇
Holy...
天哪
It's just opened up on that side, hasn't it?
那边的火山刚刚爆发了 是吧
Yeah, totally.
是啊
Whoa.
天哪
Yeah, Ken, I'm pretty certain that there is absolutely no way we are going down there.
肯 我很确定我们没法接近那里了
That is without doubt mission impossible.
那绝对是不可能完成的任务
Okay, well, we're canceling this mission.
好吧 我们放弃此次行动
Yeah.
好吧
Just anybody with half a brain wouldn't go down there.
有点脑子的人都不会选择下去的
The new vent means Ken can't take samples from the lake,
新一轮爆发意味着肯无法去火山口取样
but he doesn't need to.
但他其实根本不用去的
The vent is firing fresh lava right at him.
毕竟爆发出的岩浆会直接喷向他
There's a lot of lava bombs around here.
这里遍布着岩浆炸♥弹♥
It's just covered with bombs.
整个被炸♥弹♥覆满