The giant red sandstone monolith is considered sacred to the indigenous people.

这块巨大的红色岩石对土著居民来说是神圣的。

For 10 out of 10, the mystery of the missing monolith.

最后一分钟。失踪巨石的奥秘。

Then, the night of November 27th, the monolith is mysteriously removed and replaced by rocks.

然后，在11月27日的晚上，巨石被神秘地移走，取而代之的是岩石。

A monolith made of gingerbread appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day.

圣诞节当天，一块姜饼做成的巨石出现在旧金山的一座山顶上。

But the appeal of the monolith touches deeper depths than the usual dopamine hits of the viral internet.

但是，与网上常见的多巴胺比，巨石的吸力触及的。

The appearance of a monolith in a hinterland is a satisfying reminder that the world remains very large.

腹地出现一块巨石满意地提醒我们，世界仍然很大。

But that same weekend a similar looking monolith appears in eastern Romania.

但就在同一个周末，罗马尼亚东部出现了一个类似的巨石。

The mystery of who created the monolith may never be solved.

是谁创造了这座巨石的谜团也许永远无法解开。

Which is not unimpressive, even among monoliths - Well, no

—这一点也不令人印象刻，即使是在蒙诺利斯——呃，也不是。

Those flying over the monolith are treated to a view of a colossal rock that appears to be sinking into the earth.

如果你从岩石上空飞过，从上方看起来就像是一个巨大的岩石正在沉入地下。

But the fascination that has greeted the monolith these past few weeks feels significant, the sign of a jolt to the collective unconscious.

但在过去的几周里，迎接这座巨石的魅力让人感到意味长，这是集体无意识受到冲的标志。

Four days later came another announcement: Some locals had taken it upon themselves to remove the monolith.

一些当地人主动拆除了这块巨石。

The monolith depicting a human figure will be taken by ship on a five-day journey to the remote Pacific Island which belongs to Chile.

这块描绘人像的巨石将被送上轮船行进5天的路程抵达这座属于智利的偏远太平洋岛屿上。

Wander back through more recent pages, and follow the footprints of America's First Peoples, who formed a special kinship with these towering monoliths and arches.

再回到公园形成的较近时期，追寻美国最早的民族的足迹，他们与这些高耸的巨石和拱门形成了特殊的紧密联系。

You know, take on the monolith.

我们就以卵石。

Oh, I mean, of course I suppose there's the monolith of White America. White Straight Male America

哦，我的意思是，当然我认为美国白人是由白人组成的。

The monolith is a literal blank screen, on whose shimmering surface we can etch our terrors, longings, fantasies, crackpot theories, gallows humor and other dreams and nightmares incubated in the anxious purgatory of 2020.

巨石就是一个空白屏，在它闪闪发光的表面上，我们可以蚀刻我们的恐惧、渴望、幻想、疯狂的理论、黑色幽默和其他在2020年酝酿的噩梦。