The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... miles long and less than 25 miles wide , which comprises Skeleton Coast Park . It was named in part for the dozens of shipwrecks whose bones litter its shore . We have imagined those early sailors , falling to their knees on this bleak ...
... miles long and less than 25 miles wide , which comprises Skeleton Coast Park . It was named in part for the dozens of shipwrecks whose bones litter its shore . We have imagined those early sailors , falling to their knees on this bleak ...
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... miles downwind - concentra- tions of ozone and nitrous oxide were well within the limits . Sulfur dioxide levels were occa- sionally higher than those gov- ernment standards . One thousand miles down- wind - the greatest distance flown ...
... miles downwind - concentra- tions of ozone and nitrous oxide were well within the limits . Sulfur dioxide levels were occa- sionally higher than those gov- ernment standards . One thousand miles down- wind - the greatest distance flown ...
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... miles of mountain road circumscribe Lake Tahoe , passing through two states and five counties and by countless warnings of " Caution - Falling Rocks . " day , nothing suggested that the 98 square miles of Desolation had become one of ...
... miles of mountain road circumscribe Lake Tahoe , passing through two states and five counties and by countless warnings of " Caution - Falling Rocks . " day , nothing suggested that the 98 square miles of Desolation had become one of ...
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