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This tiny South Pacific island may not look like much.

这个南太平洋的小岛貌似并不起眼。

But it was once a mountain that towered above the waves.

然而，它曾经是一座“一览众浪小”的高山。

Now it barely breaks the surface.

如今它几乎不再破海而出了。

Yet still it attracts a spectacular array of wildlife.

但它仍然吸引了大量的野生动物群。

There are thousands of islands just like this scattered across the Pacific,

在太平洋分布着数千个类似的岛屿，

and all are teeming with life.

上面都栖息着众多生物。

So what has reduced the mountains of the Pacific to this?

是什么力量使太平洋的群山退化到这种程度呢？

Almost seven miles deep,

深度大约7英里。

the Pacific is the deepest body of water on the planet.

太平洋是地球上最深的水体，

But sometimes, the seabed shoots to the surface.

但有时海床冲出海面。

Behold one of nature's rarest sights - the creation of a new island.

这是自然界最罕见的景观之一--一个新岛屿的诞生过程。

This is Kavachi in the Solomon Islands,

这就是卡瓦奇岛，隶属所罗门群岛，

one of the most active undersea volcanoes in the world.

是世界上最活跃的海底火山之一。

In the last 100 years, Kavachi's emerged above the waves just a handful of times,

在过去的一百年里，卡瓦奇岛有几次探出海面，

but so far to no avail.

但都无功而返。

Powerful waves keep sweeping its efforts away.

它的努力总是被强大的海浪一扫而空。

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