The world's most beautiful volcanoes
热烘烘的美景：世界最美的火山
With fiery molten channels that stretch far below the surface, volcanoes connect us to the very core of the Earth. Active or dormant – they resonate with an energy and beauty beyond that of mere mountains.
火山底下的岩浆管道深入地底，把我们与地球的内核连接起来。不论是活火山，还是休眠火山，它们是力与美的结合，远胜于普通的山峦。
Their violent origins also tend to create stunning natural landscapes that attract sightseers from around the world. To find the hot spots worth seeing, we turned to question-and-answer community Quora.com, asking “What are the most beautiful volcanos in the world?”
由于火山是经过猛烈的喷发过程形成的，所以往往造就了引人入胜的自然景观。为了寻找值得游览的热门景点，我们在问答社区Quora.com上发帖寻求帮助，“世界上最美的火山在哪里?”
Santorini, Greece 希腊圣托里尼(Santorini)
Best known for the stark white-painted buildings that cling to its multi-coloured cliffs, this Greek island is the remnant of a volcanic caldera, formed around 1600BC when one of the largest eruptions in recorded history wiped out most of the island, including some of the original settlements.
希腊圣托里尼岛最负盛名的是它坐落在色彩绚丽的悬崖下面的纯白色建筑。据历史记载，在大约公元前1600年，一次巨大的火山喷发后，整个岛连同岛上的原住民村落几乎彻底被毁，留下的火山臼就是现在的圣托里尼岛。
Today, Santorini attracts visitors from around the world who are eager to admire what’s left. “To feel how majestic it is, you have to sail inside [the caldera] and stand at a balcony on the edge of the cliffs at sunset,” said Achilleas Vortselas.
现今，圣托里尼吸引着全世界的观光客来这里瞻仰火山喷发的遗迹，“只有坐船进来[进入火山臼]，站在悬崖边的露台上欣赏日落，你才能感受到它的壮美。”阿喀琉斯·沃特萨莱斯(Achilleas Vortselas)说。
In particular, visitors should seek out the uninhabited island of Nea Kameni, located in the centre of Santorini’s caldera. “Nea Kameni itself is a kind of ugly, black-brown blob in the centre of a picturesque, truly gorgeous caldera,” Smitha Prasadh said. “But when you hike around, it has its own beauty. Sloped pits from which ancient and recent eruptions sprang forth – [it is] very different from the craters of more ‘traditional’ volcanoes.”
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