One of those millions of mosquitoes was then blown onto the surface of an ancient lake.

就是这数以百万计蚊子的其中一只被吹到一种古老湖泊的表面。

Then in 1905, a canal breached and flooded the ancient lake bed with water from the Colorado River, which created an oasis.

1905 年，一条运河决口，科罗拉多河的水涌入古老的湖床，造就了一片绿洲。

" We noticed color patterns made by ancient lakes — sand dunes are kind of orange-colored, while ancient lakes are tinted white or gray, " said Groucutt.

" 我们注意到古代湖泊形成的颜色模式——沙丘是橙色的，而古代湖泊则是白色或灰色的。"

They're basically complete, because they were buried in an ancient lake deposit.

它们基本上是完整的，因为它们被埋在一个古老的湖泊沉积物中。

Those spots, scientists say, could be the dried-up floors of ancient lakes and seas.

科学家说，这些地方可能是古代湖泊和海洋干涸的地面。

To culminate its mission, the rover will seek the carbonate-rich shores of the ancient lake.

为了完成其任务，漫游者将寻找古老湖泊富含碳酸盐的海岸。

The footprints were discovered at the edge of the remains of an ancient lake in White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico.

这些足迹是在新墨西哥州南部白沙国家公园的一个古老湖泊的遗迹边缘被发现的。

The new study, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, is based on material from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel - a watery place near an ancient lake.

这项发表在《自然·生态学与进化》杂志上的新研究基于来自以色列Gesher Benot Ya'aqov的资料，Gesher Benot Ya'aqov是一个靠近古老湖泊的水域。

Scientists believe this crater, which was created from a meteorite's impact, was once the site of an ancient lake, probably around 3 to 4 billion years ago.

科学家认为，这个陨石坑是由陨石撞击形成的，可能在 30 亿到 40 亿年前曾经是一个古老湖泊的所在地。

From a distance, Ohrid looks like its changed little over the centuries-a fairy-tale faraway place ringed by snowcapped peaks, reflected in an ancient lake that lies beneath it.

从远处来看，奥赫里德似乎数百年来都没有什么改变--仍是一个童话般的遥远古城，周围环绕着白雪皑皑的山峰，山下有一座古老的湖泊映着倒影。

Jezero crater is an ancient lake bed and the  things that make it interesting for the scientists, the cliffs and the rocks and the craters — these  are the things that make it challenging to the engineers to land there.

Jezero 陨石坑是一个古老的湖床，让科学家、悬崖、岩石和陨石坑感兴趣的东西——这些都是让工程师在那里着陆具有挑战性的东西。