A mysterious rising structure has been discovered in a rural desert area in the western American state of Nevada.
在美国西部内华达州的一个农村沙漠地区发现了一个神秘的上升结构。

The tall, pillar-shaped object is being described as a monolith. Images suggest it is made of metallic material and its surface is reflective.
这个高大的柱状物体被描述为一块独石。从图片上看，它似乎是由金属材料制成，表面具有反光性。

The object recently drew attention when the Las Vegas police department published a photo and message about the structure on the social media service X. It read: “We see a lot of weird things when people go hiking like not being prepared for the weather, not bringing enough water...but check this out!”
最近，当拉斯维加斯警察局在社交媒体平台X上发布了一张关于该结构的照片和消息时，这个物体引起了人们的注意。消息中写道：“我们在徒步旅行时看到很多奇怪的事情，比如没有为天气做好准备，没带足够的水……但看看这个！”


Officers recently saw the monolith while carrying out a search and rescue operation. The area is about one hour north of Las Vegas. It is popular with hikers.
警官们最近在执行搜救任务时看到了这块独石。该地区位于拉斯维加斯以北约一小时的路程，非常受徒步旅行者的欢迎。

The area is part of Nevada’s large Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Bighorn sheep and desert tortoises can be found there. The monolith was put in an area with mountain peaks up to 2,100 meters high.
该地区是内华达州大型沙漠国家野生动物保护区的一部分，那里有大角羊和沙漠龟。这块独石被放置在海拔高达2100米的山峰区域。

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told The Associated Press (AP) that its members were trying to learn more about the monolith.
美国鱼类及野生动物管理局告诉美联社（AP），其成员正在努力了解更多关于这块独石的信息。

Images included with the X message showed the structure standing tall against a bright blue sky, with distant views of the Las Vegas valley. Many observers noted on social media the monolith looked like an object that appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s famous science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
X消息附带的图片显示，这个结构在明亮的蓝天背景下高高矗立，远处可以看到拉斯维加斯山谷的景色。许多观察者在社交媒体上指出，这块独石看起来像斯坦利·库布里克著名的科幻电影《2001太空漫游》中的一个物体。

The mysterious structure is the latest object to appear in recent years in different places around the U.S. and Europe. The first one to receive wide media attention was discovered in the Utah desert in late 2020. Others have been discovered in California and in the nations of Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Britain.
近年来，这种神秘结构物体在美国和欧洲的不同地方不断出现。第一个受到广泛媒体关注的是在2020年末在犹他州沙漠中发现的。其他的则在加利福尼亚州以及加拿大、荷兰、波兰、罗马尼亚和英国等国家被发现。

All the structures disappeared about as quickly as they appeared. Placing the objects is a violation of a U.S. law that protects federal lands.
所有这些结构物体消失的速度几乎与它们出现的速度一样快。放置这些物体违反了美国保护联邦土地的法律。

The monolith found in Utah in 2020 stood about 3.6 meters tall, the AP reported. It was placed in rock in an area so remote that local officials decided not to immediately inform the public. The officials feared people would get lost trying to find it.
据美联社报道，2020年在犹他州发现的独石高约3.6米。它被放置在一个非常偏远的岩石区域，以至于当地官员决定不立即通知公众。官员们担心人们会在寻找它的过程中迷路。

But many people were successful in finding it. Fish and Wildlife officials said that during the search, visitors to the area flattened plants with vehicles and left behind human waste. Two men known for doing extreme sports in Utah later said that kind of damage persuaded them to go to the area late at night and tear the structure down and remove it.
但是许多人成功找到了它。鱼类及野生动物管理局官员说，在搜索过程中，游客用车辆压平了植物，并留下了人类的废弃物。后来，两名以在犹他州进行极限运动而闻名的男子表示，这种破坏促使他们在深夜前往该地区，将结构拆除并移走。

This time, officials at the Fish and Wildlife Service are worried about similar harms from visitors. Nevada’s Desert National Wildlife Refuge is the largest wildlife refuge outside of Alaska.
这次，鱼类及野生动物管理局的官员们担心游客会造成类似的伤害。内华达州的沙漠国家野生动物保护区是阿拉斯加以外最大的野生动物保护区。

Christa Weise oversees refuge operations. She said, “People might come looking for it and be coming with inappropriate vehicles or driving where they shouldn't, trampling plants."
Christa Weise 负责保护区的运营。她说：“人们可能会来寻找它，并驾驶不适当的车辆或在不该开的地方行驶，践踏植物。”

The Nevada monolith has produced many different opinions by people on social media. One X user, publishing under the name @NWK1WAYS, simply declared: "Clearly Aliens!"
内华达州的独石在社交媒体上引发了许多不同的意见。一位名为@NWK1WAYS的X用户简单地宣称：“显然是外星人！”

Another user, @cdharris19, expressed disbelief that the mysterious placers had struck again. "Are we really gonna do this whole thing again?" the user asked. "Just remove the trash, find who dumped it, and fine them."
另一位用户@cdharris19对神秘的放置者再次出现表示难以置信。这位用户问道：“我们真的要再做一次这个事情吗？把垃圾清理掉，找到谁扔的，然后罚款。”