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Yuanyang Rice Terraces
This aerial view of the mountains of Yuanyang Couny of the Yunnan province in south China presents a spectacular visual of the rice terraces that cover the landscape. Due to the scarcity of level ground, only about 5% of the land is used for agriculture. However, the Hani people, the predominant ethnic group of the region, have adapted very well.
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The American Museum of Natural History takes you along on a dinosaur dig in the Morrison Formation of the US west, host of many of the famous Jurassic dinosaur bones found in North America.
“nothing to see here.” - The Field Museum of Natural History
museums are giving us quality quarantine content
I have to admit, I am a bit obsessed with Popocatépetl. Probably because I lived with its view for a year.
This morning, 1/9/20, it had another great explosion.
supermassive black hole
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