26 Inside Caves

Inside Caves Nature's Artwork by Liz Ray

洞穴里的自然艺术Liz Ray

A cave is a hole in the earth. You can see surprising shapes in a cave. Caves are dark. We need lights to see inside them. Some caves are small. Others are long. Most caves are in rock. What can make a hole in rock? Water can! cave entrance rock

洞穴是地球上的洞。 你可以在洞穴里看到令人惊奇的形状。 洞穴是黑暗的。我们需要灯光才能看到里面。 有些洞穴很小。其他的则很长。 大多数洞穴都在岩石中。什么东西能在岩石上凿洞? 水可以!洞口岩石

Rain falls into small cracks in the rock. The water makes the cracks bigger. Slowly, a cave forms. Making a cave takes thousands of years. rain sinkhole cave water table stalactite stalagmite column Cave formations have special names. Water drips into a cave. The water makes shapes called formations. Some formations go up from the floor. Others hang down from the ceiling.

雨水落在岩石的小裂缝里。 水使裂缝变大。 慢慢地，一个洞穴形成了。造一个洞穴需要几千年。 雨水天坑洞穴水表钟乳石石笋柱洞穴构造有特殊的名称。 水滴进洞里。水形成的形状叫做地层。 有些地层是从地面上升的。 还有一些从天花板上垂下来。

Texas has more than 9,000 caves! Many of them are long and deep. This map shows some of the caves in Texas. Longhorn Cavern Inner Space Cavern Caverns of Sonora Natural Bridge Caverns West Cave Preserve Wonder World Cave Cascade Caverns Texas Natural Bridge Caverns is one of the biggest caves in Texas. Some formations in this cave look like familiar things. This rock formation is called a fried egg.

德克萨斯州有9000多个洞穴!他们中的许多人又长又深。 这张地图显示了德克萨斯州的一些洞穴。 长角洞穴索诺拉内部空间洞穴索诺拉自然桥洞穴西部洞穴保护区奇妙世界洞穴瀑布洞穴德克萨斯自然桥洞穴是德克萨斯州最大的洞穴之一。 这个洞穴里的一些构造看起来很熟悉。 这种岩层被称为煎蛋。

Inner Space Cavern is another Texas cave. It is under a road. Road workers found the cave. The workers made a big hole to get into the cave. hole hole ladder rock tusk This old animal tusk, or tooth, was in the cave. Scientists found beautiful formations in the cave. They found animal bones, too. Some of the bones are 20,000 years old!

内部空间洞穴是德克萨斯州的另一个洞穴。 它在马路下面。修路工人发现了这个洞穴。 工人们挖了一个大洞进入洞穴。 这颗古老的动物长牙，或叫牙齿，在山洞里。 科学家们在洞穴中发现了美丽的构造。 他们还发现了动物的骨头。 有些骨头已经有两万年的历史了!