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Dead Sea
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Published December 25, 2005
In the Jordan rift valley, the continents of Africa and Asia are pulling apart from each other, and the land in between has been subsiding for millennia. The sinking has created the Dead Sea.
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Strong Earthquake in Northern Pakistan
Published October 12, 2005
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Black Canyon
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Published October 2, 2005
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a small park that encompasses the steep-walled canyons of the Gunnison River, which drains snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado.
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Published September 11, 2005
The park was created in October 1949 to protect a small area along the banks of the Mississippi River where Native Americans built earthen mounds for millennia.
Tonto National Monument
Published September 4, 2005
The most striking feature is Roosevelt Lake, an artificial lake created by the construction of Roosevelt Dam across the Salt River. The National Monument is surrounded by the Tonto National Forest, which includes low plains, desert scrubland, and alpine pine forests.
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Saguaro National Park
Published July 24, 2005
The park encompasses about 37,000 hectares of the Sonora Desert.
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The Tour de France Visits Courchevel
Published July 12, 2005
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Arches National Park
Published May 8, 2005
Situated in Utah, the park is home to 2,000 arches and windows in rock, as well as rock spires and pinnacles.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Published May 1, 2005
Archaeological evidence indicates that American Indians living in the area began exploring the cave system in the late Archaic period, between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago. European settlers first found the caves in 1798.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Published April 3, 2005
The paleontologist Eric Douglass made the first discoveries here in 1909, and President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it a national monument in 1915.
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Fires in Hispaniola
Published March 24, 2005
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Antarctic Iceberg Gets Stuck
Published February 1, 2005
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