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当一道白光升上不可思议的高空的时候,整个佛罗里达都被火光照亮了,在那无法估计的刹那间,在很大一部分土地上白昼代替了黑夜。这道象錾缨似的通天彻地的火光,在墨西哥湾和大西洋上,160千米外都能看到;不止一位船长在航行日记里记载了这颗巨大的陨星的出现。随着“哥伦比亚”炮的炮声而来的是真正的地震。佛罗里达仿佛连五脏六腑都在颤栗。在高热下膨胀起来的火药的气体,以无可比拟的威力推开天空中的气层,这降比自然界的暴风还要快一百倍的人造暴风,象龙卷风一样突然窜上高空。
When a white light rose to an incredible height, the whole of Florida was lit by fire, and during the inestimable moment a large part of the land replaced daylight in the darkness. This flamboyant flare, seen in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, can be seen 160 kilometers away. More than one captain recorded the appearance of this huge meteorite in the navigation diary. With the “Colombian” artillery gun came a real earthquake. Florida seems to be shaking even the internal organs. The gas of gunpowder bloated under high heat unleashed the air layer in the sky with unmatched power. It made a man-made storm that was about 100 times faster than the natural storm and suddenly went up high like a tornado.