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The story of land building in the South Pacific may start with volcanic eruptions,

在南太平洋，陆地诞生的故事可能要从火山喷发讲起，

but it doesn't end there.

但并不是在这里结束。

A volcano once formed an island here,

火山曾经在这里形成一座岛屿，

but it sank back below the surface.

但它沉回了水面之下。

Now it's on the rise again.

现在，它又处在上升之中了。

This is the extraordinary Kingman Reef.

这就是非凡的金曼礁。

Over 3,000 miles from the nearest continent,

距离最近的大陆有3000多英里，

it is one of the last pristine coral reefs left in the world.

它是世界上仅存的原始珊瑚礁之一。

As tourism and fishing are banned here,

由于这里禁止旅游业和捕鱼业，

the reef is about as close as you'll get to the Pacific as it used to be before humans arrived.

从这里的珊瑚礁，你差不多能看到太平洋在人类到达之前所呈现的模样。

Part of what makes Kingman extraordinary is the 200 types of coral found here.

金曼礁之所以如此与众不同，一部分是因为在这里所发现的200种珊瑚。

But there's also something else.

但这里还有某些别的东西，

And it's helping to build the reef.

而它现在正帮着建造礁石。

Giant clams, everywhere.

巨型蛤蚌,它们无处不在。

More than you'll see on any other reef in the world.

远超过你在世界上任何其他珊瑚礁所看到的数量。

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