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The golden dome, which is mounted right at the top of the prayer pole, is the most sacred object of all. Or it will be, once it's retrieved.
番杆顶部的金顶是所有物体当中最神圣的，至少 一旦它被降下来之后是这样。
The old Shamanic beliefs of Tibet ascribed magical powers to the landscape. But there's a far more tangible source of power here which owes nothing at all to magic.
古老的萨满教把魔法的力量归功于这片土地。但这里还有的更多可以感知的力量，却和魔法没有一丁点关系。
Strewn across the plateau are boiling thermal springs, the evidence of mighty natural forces which have been at work over millions of years.
散布于高原上的是滚烫的温泉，这是在这里有百万年历史的浑厚的自然力量存在的证据。
Deep below the surface, the vast continental plates of Asia and India are crashing into each other.
在地下深处巨大的亚洲板块和印度板块互相冲击。
The turmoil below erupts in clouds of sulphurous steam. It seems unlikely that scalding mineral springs should support life.
地下的混乱状态使大量含硫的蒸汽喷薄而出，由滚烫的矿物泉来孕育生命听起来并不太可能
But one unlikely creature thrives here precisely because of them.
但确实有种不寻常的生物因之而繁衍兴旺。
