导读:近日,科学家发布了有史以来最为精细的南极洲地形图。所有细节的刻画都可谓前所未有地细致。而且,相对于目前世界上任何一个大陆的同类地图来说,它都是分辨率最高,精准度最高的地图。
新地图可以令我们更好地了解这块冰冷大陆的表面特征。同以往1000米标准的传统地图相比,最新南极地图的分辨率达到了惊人的2至8米。 你能够想象如此庞大的数据需要占据多大空间吗?据介绍,该地图文件达到150TB。有了这样的地图,科学家们简直无需亲自前往南极,就可以探索当地情况。
New map of Antarctica
Planning a trip to Antarctica? Now there's a new map to guide your way. 你打算去南极洲旅行吗?如今有一个新地图可以帮你指路了。 Scientists from Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota have created what they say is the best, most complete and accurate map ever made of the frozen continent at the bottom of the world. 俄亥俄州立大学和明尼苏达大学的教授绘制除了一副前所未有的全面、精准的地图,展示了在世界底端的冰冻着的大州的样貌。 "Up until now, we've had a better map of Mars than we've had of Antarctica," Ian Howat, earth science professor at Ohio State, said in a statement. "Now it is the best-mapped continent on Earth." “目前为止,我们拥有的火星的地图都比我们拥有的南极洲的地图清晰,”Ian Howat表示,Ian Howat是一位俄亥俄州地球科学的教授,“如今,南极洲终于是地球上地图绘制最清晰的一个大洲了。” The map uses high-resolution satellite images to show the continent in "stunning detail". It will also provide new insight on climate change. 这张地图使用高清晰的卫星图片,用非常惊人的细节展示出了南极洲大陆。它还将为我们提供一个研究气候变化的新视角。 Amazingly, researchers now know the height of every mountain and all the ice in all of Antarctica within a few feet. “It is the highest-resolution terrain map by far of any continent,” said Howat. 令人震惊的是研究人员已经知道了南极洲每一座山和每一块冰的高度。“这是目前为止情绪度最高的大洲地图” Howat表示。
词汇短语
1. icy continent 冰雪覆盖的大洲(icy adj. 冰雪覆盖的;continet-continue) 2. stunning adj. 令人震惊的=surprising 3. have created what they say is the best, most complete and accurate map ever made of the frozen continent at the bottom of the world 4. Up until now, we've had a better map of Mars than we've had of Antarctica 5. best-mapped adj. 绘制最棒的 map v.绘制地图 6. high-resolution adj. 高清晰的 (resolution-solution-solve) 7. provide new insight 展示了新的视角 insight n. 视角 8. amazingly adv. 令人震惊地 9. terrain n. 地形
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