从黑暗的太空看去，我们的家园就是一个蓝色的星球。 From the blackness of space our home is a blue planet.
如今，摄像卫星 But now satellite cameras
拍摄到宛如万花筒般 capture a kaleidoscope...
令人惊讶 ..of extraordinary colours...
千变万化的 ..surprising...
绚丽色彩 ..and constantly changing...
由自然之力 ..created by natural phenomena...
动物 ..by animals...
和人类勾画。 ..and by people.
这些颜色，为我们了解， These colours are revealing new insight into the health
这个脆弱星球的健康状况，带来新见解。 of our fragile planet...
CLICKS AND CHIRPS
我们对绚丽家园的 ..transforming our understanding
认知发生改变。 of our colourful home.
极光 The aurora...
我们星球最壮丽的自然景象之一。 ..our planet's greatest natural spectacle.
太阳能量轰击地球大气 Energy from the sun interacts with our atmosphere...
产生绚烂的彩光。 ..creating colourful light.
北冰洋 In the Arctic,
空中闪耀着绿色光带。 ribbons of green flicker overhead.
从太空望去， But from space,
极光更加壮丽。 the aurora is even more spectacular.
通过俯瞰地球，我们发现极光 It was only by looking down on the aurora
在地球两极形成环带。 that we discovered it forms rings around the Earth's poles.
如丝绸般柔顺的光线， The gentle ribbons become towering vertical streaks
变成几百公里高的垂直条纹。 hundreds of kilometres high.
科学家们发现出人意料的颜色。 And scientists observed a surprising colour.
距地面300公里， 300km up in the atmosphere...
从轨道上可清晰看见 ..clearly visible from orbit...
太阳高能粒子与氧产生反应时 ..the lights turn from green...
极光的色彩 ..to red...
由红转绿。 ..as solar particles react with oxygen.
太空视角为我们展现了 The view from space reveals the sheer scale
太阳与地球之间 and power of this interaction
相互关系的巨大规模和震撼能量。 between our planet and the sun.
摄像卫星让我们用全新的视角 Satellite cameras are giving us a brand-new perspective
审视地球上众多惊采绝艳的自然景观。 on many of the Earth's most extraordinary natural spectacles.
春天，临近阿拉斯加海岸的水域， It's spring and, off the coast of Alaska,
海面发生了改变。 the ocean has been transformed.
绿色和青色的巨大漩涡 Vast swirls of green and turquoise...
有几百公里宽。 ..hundreds of kilometres across.
洋流的汇聚，使浮游生物爆发。 A plankton bloom, shaped by ocean currents.
尽管它们很巨大，这些绽放的漩涡 Despite their size, these blooms are created
却是由那些最微小的生命创造。 by some of the tiniest life forms on our planet.
植型微生物熬过寒冬。 Microscopic plant-like organisms have survived through the winter.
如今，春天的阳光和温暖的海水帮助其大量繁殖， And now they use the warming waters and spring sunshine to multiply...
数以亿计， ..in their millions...
对海面变化的影响， ..transforming the ocean on a scale that can only be seen...
从太空可见。 ..from space.
各式各样的动物的生存，依赖浮游植物的爆发。 Many different animals are dependent on these blooms for their survival.
海狮妈妈生下宝宝。 This sea lion mother has given birth.
小家伙只有四个小时大。 Her pup is just hours old.
春天，大量新生命 Spring means a baby boom...
伴随着近海浮游生物潮出生。 ..coinciding with the plankton blooms offshore.
百万条鲱鱼以微生物为食。 Plankton feed shoals of millions of herring.
一场为饥肠辘辘的哺育期妈妈们举办的盛宴。 A feast for mothers with hungry pups.
鱼群翻起的浪花离岸很远， But these blooms form off the coast...
穿过广阔的水域存在风险。 ..and crossing open water is risky.
海狮保持紧密的队形，每头都是哨兵，警惕的注视着四周。 The sea lions stay in close formation, each keeping a lookout.
离群独自行动很危险。 Swimming away from the group is dangerous.
虎鲸 Killer whales.
海狮捕食者有着豆荚样的身躯，炸开的浪花预示着它们的到来。 This pod are sea lion hunters and time their arrival with the bloom.
海狮有强劲的撕咬能力， Sea lions have a powerful bite...
虎鲸的突袭，旨在一击必中，使其晕厥。 ..but the killer whales' surprise attacks aim to disable it
再也无力反抗。 so it cannot fight back.
瞠目结舌，无处可逃。 Stunned and immobilised, there is no chance of escape.
在这片海域捕鱼危机四伏。 Fishing in these seas is dangerous.
然而富贵险中求。 But it's worth the risk.
微生物潮吸引来大量的鱼群， The bloom will provide these mothers
足以帮助妈妈们养活饥饿的幼崽。 with enough fish to support their hungry pups.
覆盖全球的海洋， All across the world's oceans,
繁盛的浮游生物吸引大量的动物。 plankton blooms attract animals in huge numbers.
阿留申群岛上，栖息着成千上万的海鸥 In the Aleutian Islands, thousands of shearwaters
从海面上对庞大的鱼群， launch a surface attack
发起俯冲轰炸， on vast shoals of fish...
海面之下，座头鲸一天吞食多达一吨半的鱼虾。 ..while below, humpback whales gorge on up to one and a half tonnes a day.
南非的浅海 And in the shallow seas of South Africa...
浮游生物养活数百万条沙丁鱼 ..plankton feed millions of sardines...
吸引大量的肉食者，掠食动物群聚于此， ..attracting one of the largest gathering of predators...
CLICKS AND CHIRPS
超过地球上任何地方。 ..anywhere on Planet Earth.
浮游生物爆发，不仅支撑海洋食物链。 But these blooms don't just support ocean food chains.
微小的类植生物，也能产生氧气。 The tiny plant-like organisms also produce oxygen.
通过研究浮游生物爆发的规模 By studying the scale of these blooms...
科学家们现在估算 ..scientists now calculate
它们为地球生产了高达50%氧气. they create up to 50% of the planet's oxygen.
不仅仅是森林 And so it's not just forests
这些海洋中彩色漩涡，同样是我们星球的肺。 but these oceanic swirls of colour that are the lungs of our world.
从太空，科学家们监测我们星球的表面， From space, we can monitor the surface of our planet
看看哪里在繁衍生命。 and see where life thrives.
然而摄像卫星发现令人不安的迹象， But these cameras also reveal worrying signs
地球的自然环境受到威胁。 that the natural world is under threat.
在格陵兰，冰帽的白色边缘，显现蓝色的斑点。 In Greenland, the white of the icecap is spotted with blue.
冰川正在融化。 The ice is melting.
气候的变化，导致气温急升。 Temperatures are rising due to climate change.
青绿色消融的河流纵横交错， Rivers of turquoise meltwater are crisscrossing further...
流过冰川。 ..and further over the ice.
淌入冰盖的洼地， These rivers flow into depressions on the icecap...
太空所见宛如蓝宝石般的湖泊，每个面积都有7平方公里。 ..each one up to seven square kilometres of sapphire blue.
科学家们根据卫星图像，了解这些湖泊 Scientists have combined satellite images of these lakes
在夏季月份持续显现。 taken over the summer months.
水洼一次又次演绎盈亏的变换。 They fill and empty again and again.
每年，有十亿吨水 Every year, billion of tonnes of water
从冰盖消融，流入海洋。 drain off the icecap and into the sea.
近期，格陵兰冰盖为海平面上升 The Greenland ice sheet may soon become
做出最大贡献。 the largest contributor to rising sea levels.
每年损失 260 billion tonnes of ice
2600亿吨的冰 are lost every year.
数百个湖泊警示我们 Hundreds of blue lakes that tell us the icecap...
冰盖的收缩速度，比先前预想的要快。 ..is shrinking faster than we've ever known before.
摄像卫星革新了 Satellite cameras are revolutionising the way
科学家们研究自然世界的方法。 scientists study the natural world.
最细微的色斑为我们 The tiniest splash of colour...
揭示地球遐方绝域之地的动物。 ..can reveal animals in Earth's most remote landscapes.
南极洲 In Antarctica...
一抹红色。 ..a speck of red.
鲜血侵染了冰面 Blood on the ice...
一只威德尔海豹刚刚在这出生。 ..where a Weddell seal has just given birth.
前往南太平洋区域内的鸟岛是如此危险， The South Atlantic seas surrounding Bird Island
使用摄像卫星才是研究它们最安全的方法。 are so treacherous that satellites are the safest way to study them.
科学家们正搜寻这些细微的白点， Scientists are looking for these tiny white spots...
BUBBLING BIRD CALLS
每一个都是悠闲的信天翁。 ..each a vulnerable, wandering albatross.
在南极险峻的岛屿 And on the Antarctic Danger Islands...
一片粉红色的岩石，帮助科学家新发现 ..patches of pink rock have led to the discovery
地球上最大的企鹅群。 of one of the largest penguin colonies on Earth.
受数百万只阿德利企鹅活动的影响 The activity of millions of Adelie penguins
岛上的植被，被完全破坏了。 has worn away the vegetation completely.
如今，科学家们不需去偏远岛屿， Scientists now use colour to estimate just how many penguins
利用颜色就能估算， live on these remote islands
生活在那里的企鹅数量。 without ever having to set foot there.
6月，东非的湖岸上点缀着粉红的斑点。 In June, the lakeshores of East Africa are flecked with pink.
成群结队的小火烈鸟。 Flocks of thousands of lesser flamingos.
它们聚集在湖边，为寻找伴侣 They gather here to find a mate...
举办华丽的舞会。 ..which is a flamboyant affair.
火烈鸟表演复杂的舞蹈 The flamingos perform elaborate dances...
帮助它们挑选心仪的爱侣 ..which help each bird to decide on a partner...
科学家们对其如何抉择不尽了然。 ..although it's still not fully understood how they make their choice.
在百万鸟中挑选伴侣并非易事。 It's not easy to find your one in a million.
唯有把群的身姿 But trying to stand out from the crowd...
能从鸟群中脱颖而出。 ..isn't the answer.
火烈鸟不是天生小粉。 Flamingos are not born pink.
火烈鸟将头深入水里，屏息寻找食物， Their feathers are dyed by a red chemical found in the algae that they eat...
所吃藻类，富含红色化合物，染红了它们羽毛。 ..holding their breath as they reach for food in the deeper water.
一年四季，艳丽的鸟群从遥远的湖迁徙至此， Throughout the year, these flamboyant flocks move from remote lake to lake
就为了找寻这种食物。 in search of food.
在地面追踪火烈鸟的行迹，异常困难。 Tracking them from the ground is very difficult.
如今，从太空，科学家们能在粉红色鸟群抵达湖岸时， But, from space, scientists can now spot the pink as they arrive on lakeshores...
监控他们的行动和数量。 ..monitoring their movements and their numbers.
然而，从太空看到的所有颜色，不都是自然形成的。 But not all the colours we can see from space are natural.
人类活动的痕迹同样引人注目。 Human activity can be just as eye-catching.
马萨诸塞州 In Massachusetts,
从漫水的池塘中收获 millions of cranberries
数以百万计的蔓越莓。 are harvested from flooded ponds.
在犹他州沙漠。 In the deserts of Utah,
湛蓝色的矿池 bright blue mineral pools...
装满用以生产肥料的钾肥。 ..full of potash, used to make fertiliser.
在戈壁滩， In the Gobi Desert,
数百万红辣椒 millions of red-hot chillies
在阳光下晒干。 dry in the sun.
旧金山湾犹如一道彩虹。 The Bay Area of San Francisco is like a rainbow.
蒸发池中的水， Water in evaporation ponds -
在制盐的不同阶段，呈现各种色彩。 each colour a different stage in the production of salt.
春天，荷兰的田野，涂上了条形码。 In spring, the fields of Holland are painted with barcode stripes.
繁如群星的郁金香。 Millions of tulips.
世界上60%的郁金香产自于此。 60% of all the world's tulips are harvested from these fields.
几周之内，所有的花连同它们的色彩都消失不见。 Within a few weeks, all the flowers and their colours are gone.
每年春天，在中国的西南部， And every spring in south-west China...
数以百万计的油菜花的争相盛开 ..a vast area becomes bright yellow...
将大片的土地染成 ..as millions of rapeseed flowers...
亮黄色。 ..bloom.
这些花终将带来，超全球20% These flowers will eventually produce almost 20%
产量的菜籽油。 of all the world's rapeseed oil.
只有从太空中才能完整 A colour transformation on such a grand scale
捕捉如此大规模的 that the only way to capture it in its entirety...
色彩变换。 ..is from space.
戴先生和他的儿子过着浪迹天涯的生活。 Mr Dai and his son are nomads.
穿越中国至此，正好赶上油菜花盛开的时节。 They've travelled across China just in time for the bloom.
他们不是因油而来。 But they're not here for the oil.
来此的目的是生产蜂蜜。 They've come to make honey.
然而天象不利。 But the weather is not on their side.
从太空看，田里几乎全是白色的油菜花。 The view from space is almost completely white.
乌云遮蔽了阳光。 Thick cloud is blocking the sun.
THUNDER RUMBLES
天气太冷，蜜蜂飞不动。 It's just too cold for the bees to fly.
在寒冷的空气中 With a chill in the air...
蜜蜂们那也去不了。 ..these bees aren't going anywhere.
时间所剩无几。 And time is running out.
两周后，菜农们 In two weeks, the rapeseed farmers
将要喷洒杀虫剂， will spray pesticides over the fields...
田野成为蜜蜂的危险之地。 ..making it a dangerous place for the bees.
蜂农必须在农药喷洒前离开。 They must move on before the spraying starts.
现在只能坐待阳光。 All they can do is sit and wait for the sun.
三天阴霾过后，终于拨云见日， After three grey days, the clouds finally part...
150万只蜜蜂踏上工作之路。 ..and one and a half million bees head out to work.
HE LAUGHS
它们造访两百万朵油菜花，才能做一罐蜂蜜。 They must visit two million flowers to make just one jar of honey.
蜜蜂从它们拜访的花朵中， The bees drink the sugary nectar
吸吮含糖的花蜜 from the flowers they visit...
带回蜂巢制成蜂蜜。 ..and transfer it to the hive, where it becomes honey.
为漫长冬季储存食物。 Food for the long winter months.
蜜蜂不仅仅是蜂蜜工人。 But bees are more than just honey makers.
它们是世界上最重要的农作物授粉者之一 They are one of the world's most important crop pollinators...
帮助庄稼生产水果、种子、蔬菜。 ..helping plants produce fruits, seeds and vegetables.
如今杀虫剂的使用， But now pesticides are contributing
导致全世界的蜜蜂数量锐减， to a worldwide decline in the number of honeybees,
它们的未来受到威胁。 and their future is under threat.
留给戴先生的采蜜期很短， Mr Dai's window of opportunity is short...
蜜蜂还在不知疲倦的工作。 ..but the bees have been hard at work.
他收获很多蜂蜜。 He has plenty of honey.
HE LAUGHS
真希望下一刻，别太早到来。 And not a moment too soon.
两天内农民会向田地喷洒农药。 The fields will be sprayed in two days.
重启旅程的时候到了。 It's time to move on.
从地表可以看见 The effect of the passing seasons
季节变迁的影响。 can be seen right across the Earth's surface.
雨水改变了加州的沙漠。 Rain transforms a Californian desert.
新英格兰，秋天的到来，使大地色彩由碧绿转成黄褐。 In New England, autumn changes the landscape from green to russet red.
大雪覆盖整个不列颠群岛。 And heavy snowfall covers all of the British Isles.
一些地方，地貌的季节性变化如此巨大 In some places, these seasonal changes are so dramatic...
在那生存是一种挑战。 ..that surviving them is a challenge.
每年冬季，日本的岛屿由郁郁葱葱化为 Each winter, these Japanese islands turn from green...
白雪皑皑。 ..to bright white.
降下地球上最深的雪。 Some of the deepest snowfall anywhere on Earth.
需要强大的机器清除山口积雪。 It takes powerful machines to clear the mountain passes...
砌成20米高的雪墙。 ..creating walls of snow up to 20 metres high.
对于一种森林动物来说， For one forest species...
环境发生了翻天覆地的变化 ..such a complete change in the landscape
需要不同寻常的生存策略。 requires an equally radical survival strategy.
一只孤独的飞鼠。 A solitary squirrel.
体型只有灰松鼠一半大， At just half the size of a grey squirrel...
这只母飞鼠，小到可以放在手掌上。 ..this female is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.
一年中大部分时间，她都独自呆在树梢上。 She spends most of the year alone in the treetops.
光照可以让树枝的顶端， Being light allows her to reach nutritious buds
长出营养丰富的芽。 at the very tips of the branches.
然而每年这个时候，几乎没有什么可吃的 But at this time of year, there's very little to eat.
雪很深，行动艰难。 And the deep snow makes it hard to get around.
然而佳人自有妙法。 But she has a strategy.
飞跃。 Flight.
西伯利亚飞鼠为了寻找食物， Siberian flying squirrels can glide up to 50 metres from tree to tree
可以在树与树之间滑翔50米。 in search of food.
就算具备了这种适应环境的非凡能力， But even with this useful adaptation,
获取足够的热量，保证身体温暖，也非易事。 it's a struggle to consume enough calories to keep warm.
多年来，科学家们一直在想 For many years, scientists wondered
这类小动物在严冬腊月，是如何奋斗求生的， how this tiny animal copes in the harsh winter months...
直到发现飞鼠 ..until they discovered that this squirrel...
改变生活行为。 ..changes its behaviour.
一年中的大部分时间， Throughout much of the year,
西伯利亚飞鼠是独居动物。 Siberian flying squirrels are solitary animals.
但现在它需要额外的体温。 But now she needs extra body heat.
它领地上另一只母松鼠 And another female in her territory...
是她的机会。 ..is her chance.
新来的佳人被迎进它的巢穴。 The new female is welcomed into her den.
它们将一起度过冬天，分享身体热量以抵御严寒。 They will spend the winter together, sharing body heat to survive the cold...
直到季节再次转变，才各奔东西。 ..parting ways when the island once again transforms.
时过境迁，时节的变换 The passing seasons
几千年来一直改变地球的色彩。 have been changing the colours of our planet for millennia.
然而，距澳大利亚的海岸不远处 But off the coast of Australia...
卫星正在监测一个令人担忧的突变。 ..satellites are monitoring a more sudden and alarming change.
澳大利亚大堡礁。 The Great Barrier Reef.
长度超过2000公里。 At over 2,000 kilometres long,
摄像卫星是欣赏这类规模庞大 the sheer scale of this habitat
栖息地的最佳方法。 makes satellites the best way to appreciate it.
自然学界认为，经过千年的成长，珊瑚礁已经包围了 It's thought that the reef has hugged the coastline of east Australia
澳大利亚的东海岸沿线。 for thousands of years.
如今，认知发生了改变。 But now it's changing.
2016年珊瑚礁的图片。 This is an image of the reef in 2016.
一年后，它的颜色消失不见。 A year later, its colour is gone.
地球气候的剧变导致海水变暖。 Earth's changing climate is warming the waters,
影响珊瑚礁的生长 affecting the reef...
及其颜色。 ..and bleaching its colour.
健康的珊瑚礁由三种元素组成。 Healthy reef coral is made up of three different elements.
坚硬的石灰岩骨架， A hard limestone skeleton...
柔软的珊瑚虫生活在骨骼之中， ..soft coral polyps that live inside the skeleton...
细小的藻类赋予珊瑚五彩斑斓的颜色。 ..and microscopic algae that gives the coral its beautiful colour.
如今，珊瑚礁周围的海水，温度越来越高。 But the waters surrounding the reef are now getting warmer.
这将毒化珊瑚中彩色海藻的 And this can cause the tiny, colourful algae in the coral...
生存环境。 ..to become toxic.
珊瑚受到这些毒素的影响 The corals become stressed by these toxins...
身体涨到正常大小的三倍之前 ..swelling up to three times their normal size...
喷出一团微小的絮状物， ..before ejecting a cloud of the tiny, coloured algae
呕出彩色的海藻。 out of their bodies.
仅仅两年，美丽的珊瑚花园 In just two years, these beautiful coral gardens...
失去原有的颜色。 ..lost their colour.
珊瑚因藻类而过度生长 The coral becomes overgrown by algae.
然后崩溃。 ..and then crumbles.
在北部的珊瑚礁上，超过80%的珊瑚 On the northern reefs, more than 80% of the coral
受温暖海水的影响，变成白色。 has bleached due to warming waters.
这一刚刚发现的改变， This has tragic consequences for the thousands of animals
给成千上万以珊瑚为家的动物， that make the reef their home...
带来灭顶之灾。 ..including one that's only just been discovered.
每年冬天，旅客都会从深蓝中游来 Every winter, visitors emerge from the deep blue.
CLICKS AND CHIRPS
侏儒小须鲸 Dwarf minke whales...
最早于20世纪80年代发现它们。 ..first discovered here in the 1980s.
每头鲸鱼都有自己独一无二的标志 Each whale has its own unique markings...
HIGH, EXTENDED CALL
一首与众不同的鲸歌 ..and a very distinct and unusual song.
REPEATED CHIRP
幼鲸跟随妈妈， It's this calf's first visit to the reef...
第一次来到珊瑚礁。 ..brought here by her mother.
体长8米， At eight metres,
成年鲸鱼是珊瑚礁上最大的动物之一 the adult whales are one of the largest animals on the reef.
尽管它们身躯不小，我们对其仍然知之甚少。 But, despite their size, we still know very little about them.
侏儒小须鲸来珊瑚礁，似乎为了结交其它鲸鱼。 It seems they come to the reef to socialise.
如今，科学家们正在利用卫星标记技术 And scientists are now using satellite tagging technology...
追踪鲸鱼行踪。 ..to follow the whales' movements.
在它们消失在深水之前 They slowly head south...
徐徐南行。 ..before disappearing into deeper waters.
但是如珊瑚礁发生改变， But if the reef changes,
我们可能会失去，进一步了解，这种神秘动物的机会。 we may lose our chance to learn more about these mysterious animals.
在2017年，三分之二的珊瑚礁变白了。 In 2017, two thirds of the reef suffered bleaching.
受影响的珊瑚超过1500公里。 That's more than 1,500km of coral.
如果海洋继续以这种速度变暖， If the oceans continue to warm at this rate,
珊瑚将难以恢复健康， then the coral will struggle to recover,
世界上无与伦比、绚烂多彩的栖息地之一 and one of the world's most important and colourful habitats...
将消逝。 ..will be lost.
人类活动正改变着我们的星球 Human activity is changing our planet.
这改变在晚上尤为明显。 This is never more apparent than at night.
现在，即使在漆黑的深夜，我们的城市和乡镇也在灯光下散发着光芒。 Now even the darkest nights glow with the light of our cities and towns.
蜿蜒的泰晤士河穿过伦敦市中心 The Thames snakes black through the centre of London.
灯光环绕东京湾 Lights hug the bay of Tokyo...
中国最大的城市上海，在灯光下熠熠生辉。 ..while China's largest city, Shanghai, glows bright.
在某些地方，即使最黑暗的海洋，也会被光线照亮，散发着神秘的色彩。 In some places, even the darkest oceans are lit by mysterious colours.
台湾海峡的蓝光 Blue lights in the straits of Taiwan...
一条巨大的绿色光带，出现在日本附近的水域。 ..a huge trail of green in the waters off Japan...
在南美洲的海岸，一个发光的奇怪形状 ..and off the coast of South America, a strange, glowing shape...
由数百个亮点组成， ..hundreds of bright spots
沿着阿根廷海岸排成一行。 lined up along the very edge of Argentina's waters.
捕捞乌贼的渔船顶着灯光， The lights from a fleet of squid fishing boats...
聚集在这里享受海洋的恩赐。 ..gathered here for an ocean bonanza.
每天晚上全球的海洋里， Every night across the world's oceans,
有数以百万计的鱿鱼， millions of squid rise from the deep to feed near the surface...
向着月光， ..navigating upwards from the dark...
从黑暗的深海浮出水面觅食。 ..toward the light of the moon.
在阿根廷这片海域， Here in Argentina,
渔民们用强光灯照射海洋 fishermen take advantage by flooding the ocean with powerful electric light...
来模拟月光，吸引鱿鱼落网。 ..mimicking the moon
并把它们拖进渔船。 and drawing the squid to their boats.
在国际水域允许这样捕鱼。 Fishing this way is permitted in international waters.
然而过度捕捞致使许多物种濒临灭绝。 But overfishing is leading to many species becoming endangered.
阿根廷海岸警卫队在这片水域巡逻 The Argentine coastguard police these waters.
每晚的训练，使他们随时准备好拦截非法船只。 Practising nightly drills means they are always ready to intercept illegal boats.
这对卡洛斯·阿帕布拉扎上尉来说是一个巨大的挑战。 It's a huge challenge for Captain Carlos Apablaza.
繁忙时期，这里最多有400艘渔船，布满广阔的海面。 There can be as many as 400 boats here, across a vast area of ocean.
渔船必须携带卫星信标 They are all required to carry a satellite beacon
海警可以跟踪他们。 so the captain can keep track of them.
我认得它
一个新卫星定位更新来了。 A new satellite update comes in.
一艘心怀鬼胎渔船关闭了它的卫星信标 A rogue fishing boat has turned off its satellite beacon
试图脱离监控网络。 in an attempt to go off-grid.
最后的记录，显示它朝着阿根廷水域前进。 It was last seen heading towards Argentinian waters.
大副，给轮机房下令。
让两台发动机满功率工作。
ALARM BELL RINGS
阿帕布拉扎船长设置了，拦截这艘违规渔船的航线。 Captain Apablaza sets a course to intercept the rogue vessel.
看来这艘渔船，试图潜入乌贼巨多的边境， But it looks as if the boat has also turned off its fishing lights...
为了避免海警察觉，也关掉了它的诱捕灯。 ..attempting to sneak over the border unseen, where the squid are plentiful.
在晚上，这么做有发生碰撞的危险。 In the night, there's a real risk of collision.
HORN BLARES
渔船仿佛已经逃过海警的阻拦。 But it looks like the fishing boat has escaped them.
情势突变，他们好运用尽。 Suddenly, their luck changes.
一张最新的卫星照片，重新定位了这艘违规渔船。 A newly updated satellite picture has relocated the rogue vessel.
通过分析从太空拍摄的照片 By analysing photographs taken from space...
现在，在距船队较远的地方，发现一艘渔船开着灯光。 ..it's now possible to spot the lights of a single boat away from the fleet.
阿帕布拉扎船长命令船员发出警告。 Captain Apablaza orders his crew to issue a warning.
这是来自阿根廷海岸警卫队舰长德贝斯的警告，完毕。 This is Argentine coastguard ship Prefecto Derbes calling you. Over.
MESSAGE OVER RADIO
队长，阿维斯塔信息中心 Senor capitan, informo se avista...
通常这样足以喝止违规船只 This is often enough to persuade rogue vessels
改变航向，离开阿根廷水域，返回船队。 to change course away from Argentinian waters and back to the fleet.
卫星技术重要性高于以往任何时候 Satellite technology is more important than ever
帮助海警打击非法捕鱼 to help combat illegal fishing...
保护我们的海洋。 ..and protect our oceans.
从太空看到的景象，使我们看待地球的方式，发生了翻天覆地的变化。 The view from space has forever changed the way we see our planet.
卫星为我们提供全新视角 Satellites give us a new perspective on its greatest...
最壮丽的奇观 ..and most beautiful spectacles...
使我们有新发现。 ..allowing us to make new discoveries.
看四季流转 We can watch landscapes change through the seasons...
我们对地貌变化的规模感到惊奇 ..and marvel in the scale of their transformations.
如今，卫星是一个强大的工具 Now satellites are a powerful tool
用其监测我们星球的健康 with which to monitor the health of our planet...
看看哪里的生命，欣欣向荣 ..see where life is thriving...
然而，重中之重，它可以发现哪里的生态受到破坏。 ..but, crucially, where it is under threat.
人类有巨大的责任， And as we have a greater impact,
保护我们繁花似锦的家园，责无旁贷。 never has it been more important to protect our colourful home.
下集 Next time...
我们正在改变自己的星球 We are changing our planet.
如城市的扩张 As cities grow...
自然资源的萎缩 ..natural resources shrink...
地球表面的变化比人类历史上任何时候都快 ..and Earth's surface changes faster than ever in human history...
只有从太空 ..only from space...
才能充分了解， ...can we fully appreciate the impact we're having...
我们对脆弱家园的影响。 ..on our fragile home.
开放大学制作了一张从太空俯瞰地球的海报。 The Open University has produced a poster, exploring Earth from Space.
如需免费副本，打电话 To order your free copy, call...
或来信 Or go to...
或电邮在线联系开放大学。 ..and follow the links to the Open University.