At issue is the TMT's planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano worshiped by some Hawaiians as the piko that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens.

争议的焦点是30米望远镜所在冒纳凯阿火山计划的选址，该休眠火山被一些夏威夷人供奉为脐带，将夏威夷岛屿和天堂连接在一起。

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The world largest telescopes are found in such remote mountain locations as the Andes Mountains of Chile, the desert peaks of Arizona, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii, a dormant volcano.

世界上最大的望远镜是在一些偏远山区发现的，包括智利的安第斯山脉，亚利桑那州的沙漠山峰，以及夏威夷的莫纳基亚休眠火山。

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This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.

休眠火山突然爆发了。

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"Because there are only a couple of previous records of eruption at this particular volcano, it is difficult to judge either how long the activity will go on there, or how long the volcano might then be dormant before it goes active again."

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This dormant volcano rises straight out of the California central valley to over 14, 000 feet.

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The massive eruption by the long dormant volcano two years earlier caused about half the population to leave the island.

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With 567 named projects identified worldwide, the geothermal industry is looking more and more like a dormant volcano beginning to stir.

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