5.The Lake Of Blood--Bolivia
5.红湖（科罗拉达湖）——玻利维亚
If the Bible had been written in Bolivia, we'd probably assume the guy who wrote the seas of blood section had visited Laguna Colorada. Looking to all the world like the aftermath of a bloody, Django Unchained–style shootout, this high-altitude lake appears to be comprised of one ingredient only: blood.
如果《圣经》写在玻利维亚，我们可能认为写红海这部分的家伙曾去过科罗拉达湖。放眼整个世界，像是一个血淋淋的，《被解放的姜戈》风格的枪战发生后的场景，这种高海拔湖泊似乎由一种成份组成：血。
The lake is actually home to a particular species of red algae. Along with a whole lot of red sediment that gets pulled up from the bottom, it's this algae that stains the water its lurid, horror movie color. The mechanism is similar to the one that powers the similarly beautiful Cano Cristales in Colombia, but instead of blooming only once every 12 months, Laguna Colorada is bright red year-round. Interestingly, Bolivia isn't the only country to have such a vibrantly colored lake. Lake Retba in Senegal is a bright, bubble gum pink thanks to the excessive salt levels in the water.
该湖生长着一种特殊的红藻，伴随着一大堆红色的泥沙从底部拔起，这种藻类将水染成了可怕的类似恐怖电影的颜色。这种原理类似于提供美丽的哥伦比亚彩虹河的动力，但它不是每12月只释放一次，科罗拉达湖的鲜红持续整年。有趣的是, 如此充满活力且颜色鲜艳的湖并不是玻利维亚独有。由于湖里过度的含盐量，塞内加尔的玫瑰湖是一个明亮, 冒着粉红泡泡的湖。
4.迪斯科清真寺——伊朗
What comes to your mind when you hear the word "mosque"? If you're anything like us, you're probably picturing something like Istanbul's famous Blue Mosque—a grand solemn place designed for pious reflection. All of which serves to make the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran even more unique. The Shah Cheragh looks like the inside of an exploding disco ball.
当你听到"清真寺"这个词会想到什么呢？如果你和我们一样，可能会勾画出伊斯坦布尔著名的蓝色清真寺——一个庄严肃穆、专为虔诚的反思而设计的地方。所有这些都有助于使伊朗设拉子的查拉库清真寺更显独特。查拉库看起来像是一个要爆炸的迪斯科球的内部。
The reason for this colorful decor is an odd enough tale in itself. In the early ninth century, two brothers were murdered on the spot as part of the anti-Shiite persecutions spreading across the region. Their deaths were more or less forgotten for the next 500 years, until Queen Tashi Khatun decided to build a mosque by their tombs, turning them into a pilgrimage spot. Then, she ordered the mosque be covered in glass to magnify its brilliance a thousand times.
为什么会有这些丰富多彩的装饰呢，这本身就是一个奇怪的故事。9世纪初，有两兄弟当场被杀害，这成为反什叶派的迫害在该地区蔓延表现的一部分。在之后的500年，两兄弟的死亡或多或少地被遗忘，直到女王扎西可敦决定把他们的坟墓建成清真寺，将它们变成一个朝圣的地方。之后，扎西可敦下令让清真寺被玻璃覆盖，以此来放大它的辉煌一千倍。
3.Epic Fog Bows--Worldwide
3.史诗般的雾虹——全世界
As we've mentioned once or twice before, rainbows are seriously awesome. But there are other varieties of bows out there that are even more beautiful than the legendary double rainbow. Perhaps the rarest and most haunting of all of them is the fog bow.
正如我们之前已经提到一次或两次，彩虹真是令人惊叹。但也有其他种类的虹，甚至比传说中的彩虹更美丽。也许所有这些最稀有、最令人难忘的便是雾虹了。
A form of rainbow that only appears in mist or fog (duh), fog bows typically look less like an actual rainbow than the ghost of one that's recently been murdered and come back to haunt you. Pale, white, and ethereal, they often appear completely unreal—like an illusion made of smoke. The mechanism behind them is exactly the same as the one that gives us rainbows. The difference is that, while rainbows are caused by light refracting through large droplets of water, fog bows are caused by light diffracting through incredibly fine drops. This gives them a pale light which, combined with the fog around them, means most fog bows take on an incredibly ghostly quality.
雾虹通常看上去不太像是真正的彩虹，而是一个最近被谋杀了的，又回来缠着你的幽灵。脸色苍白，空灵，他们经常不真实的出现——像烟雾织就的幻觉。它们背后的原理和彩虹是完全一样的。不同的是，彩虹是由光的折射通过大水滴造成的，而雾虹是由衍射光通过令人难以置信的细液滴引起的。这让它们有了苍白的光，加上周围的迷雾，使得大多数的雾虹有了令人难以置信的幽灵般的特性。
2.The Dead Horse Out For A Spin--Nevada
2.死马出去兜风——内华达州
Even when you've been doing this sort of thing as long as we have, there are still occasional moments when you come across something so bizarre, so utterly beyond the scope of day-to-day experience, that you nearly run out of words. The dead horse driver of Nevada is one of those moments.
即使你一直在做这样的事情，但是，偶尔你会遇到极为古怪的东西, 它们完全超出了日常经验的范围, 穷尽言语也无法表达。内华达洲的死马的车夫就是那些偶尔遇到古怪的时刻之一。
Situated beside an isolated road leading out of the semi-derelict town of Baker, Nevada, the dead horse driver is exactly what it sounds like. A horse's skeleton sits propped up behind the wheel of a rusting antique car, its hoof resting casually on the dashboard. It's clearly just a case of someone living in a small and empty town with way too much time on their hands (although others have suggested it might be an art project). But, seeing it for the first time, it's almost impossible not to imagine the horse was just out for a cruise and simply pulled over to admire the view.
在内华达州一条孤立小路引出的半废弃的贝克小镇旁，坐落于此的正是物如其名的死马车夫。马的骨架撑起放置在一个车轮锈迹斑斑的古董车后面，它的蹄子随便搁在挡泥板上。这显然是一个住在空闲小镇的人，手头上有太多时间的情况下的一个产物（虽然其他人认为这可能是一个艺术作品）。但是，第一次看到它，几乎不可能不去想象这匹马只是去遛弯，或只是拉过来欣赏美景。
1.The Bottom Of An Iceberg--Antarctica
1.冰山的底部——南极洲
You're probably aware that we only ever see the very top of icebergs. Over 90 percent of their mass floats along silently, underneath the water, rarely ever noticed by human eyes. Unless, that is, you're lucky enough to be in the vicinity of one that flips.
你可能知道，我们只曾看过冰山的顶端。它们百分之九十的质量静静地漂浮在水面下，人眼很少能注意到。除非，你幸运的在附近看到过冰山翻转。
Well, we say "lucky." An iceberg flipping over is really quite a dangerous affair. Usually, it happens just after it has calved into the water, and gravity hasn't quite yet got the hang of which bit should be on the bottom. When a large iceberg does flip, it's thought to release around as much energy as an atomic bomb going off, and can easily swamp even the largest ocean vessel. But, if you manage to survive all that, you'll be treated to a pleasant surprise because the underside of an iceberg can be beautiful.Without a layer of snow covering it, an iceberg's underside can appear vibrantly painfully blue. This is because it absorbs light at the red end of the spectrum, meaning the ice itself seems to glow brilliant blue. The result is like something out of a science fiction film, and—like so many of the hidden wonders in our world—amazingly beautiful, too.
当然，我们说"幸运"，其实冰山翻转过来是相当危险的事。通常，它仅仅发生在小浮冰块入水，重力还没有找到悬浮的哪个点应该在底部时。当一座大冰山翻转时，它释放的能量相当于原子弹爆炸的威力，甚至可以轻易淹没最大的远洋船舶。但是，如果你设法成功的存活下来，你会将这视为一个惊喜，因为冰山的底部美丽异常。没有一层冰雪覆盖它, 冰山的底部会出现充满活力的蓝色。这是因为它吸收光谱里的红色端，然后冰本身似乎会发出闪耀的蓝光。这产生的结果就像是一些出自科幻电影中，或者，像许多隐藏在我们世界上的的奇迹一样——也有着令人惊讶的美丽。
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