These would then fall down to the base of the mantle like sparkly hailstones.

然后它们会像闪闪发光的冰雹落到地幔的底部。

In a few minutes, rocks were falling like hailstones around them and around us.

几分钟内，石块像冰雹落在他们和我们身边。

The largest hailstone ever recorded in the United States was found in July 2010 in Vivian, South Dakota.

2010年7月，美国南达科塔维维安发现了有史以来最大的冰雹。

And speaking of bizarre, the largest hailstone ever found measured in at roughly 20 cm, weighing almost 1 kg.

说到离奇，目前发现最大冰雹大约20cm，重量近1公斤。

How accurate is the recreation of these hailstones?

这些冰雹的再现有多准确？

Hailstones have been measured up to 20 centimeters in diameter.

据测量，冰雹的直径可达20厘米。

So the bigger the hailstone, the faster its terminal velocity.

因此冰雹越大，其终端速度越快。

Meanwhile, giant hailstones pounded the main camp.

与此同时， 巨大的冰雹袭击了主营地。

So this is the United States and current world record hailstone that was found in Vivian, South Dakota.

- 这是美国和目前世界纪录的冰雹，是在南达科他州维维安发现的。

Now the coins sounded like hailstones hitting a windshield.

现在硬币听起来就像冰雹打在挡风玻璃。

Captain Lewis reported that the hailstones were as wide as seven inches.

刘易斯船长报告说冰雹有七英寸那么宽。

Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

因他面前的光辉，他的厚云行过，便有冰雹火炭。

But a baseball and the largest hailstone measured deliver more than 80 Joules.

但测得的棒球和最大的冰雹可提供超过 80 焦耳的能量。

The conditions experienced by the hailstone can change as it passes horizontally across or near an updraft.

当冰雹水平穿过或靠近升气流时， 冰雹所经历的条件会发生变化。

Hailstones also do not grow from being lofted to the top of the thunderstorm.

冰雹也不会从被放出到雷暴顶部而增长。

The layers, however, do not occur simply due to the hailstone going through up and down cycles inside a thunderstorm.

然而，冰雹层的形成并不仅仅是因为冰雹在雷暴中经历下循环。

Hailstones can have layers of clear and cloudy ice if the hailstone encounters different temperature and liquid water content conditions in the thunderstorm.

如果冰雹在雷雨中遇到不同的温度和液态水含量条件， 冰雹可以有层层清晰和浑浊的冰。

A laser thunder factory could shake the moisture out of clouds, perhaps preventing the formation of the giant hailstones that threaten crops.

激光雷工厂可以抖落云层中的水分，或许可以防止威胁农作物的巨型冰雹的形成。

Early research assumed that hailstones fell like solid ice spheres and showed very high fall speeds, even for very small hailstones.

早期研究假设冰雹像固体冰球下落， 并且显示出非常高的下落速度， 即使对于非常小的冰雹也是如此。

However, it is possible for very large hailstones (diameters exceeding 4-inches) to fall at over 100 mph.

但是， 非常大的冰雹（ 直径超过 4 英寸） 可能会以超过 100 mph 的速度落下。