The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 209, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2006 - Geography |
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MOVING THE SHELTER The structure , 500 feet long , 840 feet wide , and taller than the Statue of Liberty , is slid into place ( 3 ) along concrete foundations . 350 feet in the late 1980s as a replacement for Pripyat .
MOVING THE SHELTER The structure , 500 feet long , 840 feet wide , and taller than the Statue of Liberty , is slid into place ( 3 ) along concrete foundations . 350 feet in the late 1980s as a replacement for Pripyat .
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But even though slightly above - average runoff in the spring of 2005 raised the lake 53 feet from that year's historic lows , managers expect it to drop again , to perhaps 108 feet below full pool by this month .
But even though slightly above - average runoff in the spring of 2005 raised the lake 53 feet from that year's historic lows , managers expect it to drop again , to perhaps 108 feet below full pool by this month .
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Ahead , the canyon walls curve , rising hundreds of feet above me , overhanging to form a giant cavern , once drowned by Lake Powell . The waterfall drops 50 feet , bounding , bouncing , pulsing . It has left a splash of dark green on ...
Ahead , the canyon walls curve , rising hundreds of feet above me , overhanging to form a giant cavern , once drowned by Lake Powell . The waterfall drops 50 feet , bounding , bouncing , pulsing . It has left a splash of dark green on ...
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