Volcanoes provided the surface of our young planet
火山为地表提供了
with warmth, water and important cocktail of chemicals.
温暖、水分、和重要的化学物质搭配
And it was this combination which inevitably prepare the Earth
这样的组合使地球不可避免地
for an utterly remarkable event.
迎来了那绝对重要的事件。
No one is sure of exactly how it happened,
无人确知此事细节
but around 4 billion years ago, our planet saw the birth of Life.
大约在40亿年前 我们的行星见证了生命的诞生。
These pools have unique chemistry
这些池子的化学性质十分独特,
that is very similar to what would have existed on the early earth.
与早期地球的情况十分类似。
Bruce Mountain has studied these pools for many years.
布鲁斯多年来一直研究这些池子。
He is going to show me how the first life on Earth might have begun.
他要向我展示地球最初生命可能是如何诞生的。
We don't have a time machine to take us back, so the only thing we can do
没有时间机器让我返回从前 因此只能
is look at things that we think are similar to what they were like.
对我们判断与当时情况 类似的事物进行观察。
And these hot springs are very, very close to those that would be found in the early Earth.
这些温泉与早期地球的情况极其类似。
So what is the temperature of these water?
水温是多少。
Well,The water's 75 degree Celsius,
水温是75摄氏度
so you'd definitely get burnt if you put your fingers in there.
手指伸进去,绝对会烫伤。
and it is full of hydrogen sulphide,which is quite poisonous.
充满了硫化氢,很毒。
There's a bit of arsenic in the water as well.
水里另外还有一点砷。
Surely there can't be anything living in there,What am I looking at?
确信这里面没有生命 我看的都是什么?
billions and billions and billions of organism is living in that water.and if set up orange fibers.
亿亿亿万生活在水里的有机体。就像是橙色纤维一样。