This is the moment a sunny Saturday morning on Mount Ontake suddenly turned deadly. The huge cloud of ash spuing from the mountain caught on camera by a Japanese documentary team.
這是御嶽山上晴朗的星期六早晨突然變得致命的一刻。大片火山灰雲從山上噴發的畫面被一個日本記錄片團隊的鏡頭捕捉到。
Further up the mountain, this hiker caught the full horror as it unfolded on his phone camera. "This is really dangerous," he says. "This is really bad." He scrambles downwards, hoping to get to a shelter, but in seconds, the ash cloud is over him. You can hear the tiny bits of rock raining down. It's little wonder many survivors say they were convinced they were going to die.
再往山上去，當那情景在他的手機鏡頭前展開時，這名登山客捕捉到了那極為驚恐的畫面。「這真的很危險」他說。「這真是太糟了。」他跌跌撞撞地爬下山，希望能找到一個掩護，但在幾秒內，火山灰雲籠罩住他。你可以聽見小碎石雨點般落下。難怪許多倖存者說他們都確信自己死定了。
"It was terrifying," this man says. "The rock was falling like hell stones. We covered our faces with anything we could find, but we still couldn't breathe or even open our eyes."
「這真是嚇死人了」這名男子說道。「石頭像煉獄之石般落下。我們用任何找得到的東西來摀住臉，但我們還是無法呼吸、或甚至不能張開我們的眼睛。」
Meanwhile, on the top of the mountain, these screams are from a group trapped inside a hut. Ash billows outside the window. You can hear the thump—thump of rocks falling on the roof.
與此同時，在山頂上，這些尖叫聲是從一群困在小屋裡的人那傳來的。火山灰在窗外翻騰著。你可以聽見重擊聲－－石頭擊落在屋頂的碰碰聲響。
Morning revealed the extent of the destruction—the top of the mountain turned to a moonscape, buildings covered in a thick layer of ash. As rescuers finally arrived, they found at least 30 people lay dead in the ash field. The military managed to take some survivors off by helicopter. Others were carried on stretchers.
早晨揭露了損毀的程度－－山頂成了一片月球表面、建築物覆蓋著厚厚一層灰燼。當搜救員終於抵達時，他們發現至少三十人倒在滿是灰的地上死亡。軍方試圖將一些生還者用直升機撤離。其他人則被擔架運走。
This evening, Mount Ontake is continuing to pour ash and steam into the sky. The question now is "Why was there no warnig?"
這個傍晚，御嶽山持續向空中噴出火山灰及蒸汽。現在的疑問是：「為什麼當時沒有警訊？」
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, in Tokyo.
BBC 新聞 Rupert Wingfield-Hayes，在東京為您報導。
- 「出現在鏡頭」- On Camera
The huge cloud of ash spuing from the mountain caught on camera by a Japanese documentary team.
大片火山灰雲從山上噴發的畫面被一個日本記錄片團隊的鏡頭捕捉到。 - 「難怪...」- Little Wonder...
It's little wonder many survivors say they were convinced they were going to die.
難怪許多倖存者說他們都確信自己死定了。
