photo: AP / MTI, Sandor H. Szabo
An aerial view of Kolontar village covered by toxic red mud, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina plant in nearby Ajka broke eight days earlier, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages, killing eight people and injuring over hundred.
photo: AP / MTI, Sandor H. Szabo
An aerial view of Kolontar village covered by toxic red mud, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina plant in nearby Ajka broke eight days earlier, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages, killing eight people and injuring over hundred.
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
A Hungarian firefighter stands in front of a pile of cars destroyed by flooding toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary.
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An aerial view of the broken dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory is seen near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Oct. 8 2010, four days after this dike broke.
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, Hungarian fire fighters clean a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary.
photo: AP / MTI, Balazs Mohai
An aerial view of the broken dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory is seen near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Oct. 8 2010, after four days earlier this dike broke.
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
A villager checks his yard flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.
photo: AP / MTI, Lajos Nagy
A worker stands next to a new crack on top of the broken dyke of the reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010.
photo: AP / MTI, Sandor H. Szabo
An aerial view of the broken dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
Rescue team searches for missing bodies possibly washed away by flooding toxic mud near the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at a metals works in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing.
photo: AP / MTI, Gyoergy Varga
An aerial view shows the cracked northern wall of the dyke of the reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Five days ago the reservoir released about 800,000 cubic metres of caustic red sludge, which flooded villages in the area.
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
Firefighters leave a damaged house after searching for missing bodies, possibly washed away by flooding toxic mud in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010.
photo: AP / ela Szandelszky
A Hungarian woman reacts while seeing her home flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.
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New red sandstone at Clifton
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Buddhas of Bamyan
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Colias philodice butterfly
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Spores are produced in minute tubes, which appear on the underside of the cap as pores.
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46 Gordon Square in London, where Keynes lived from 1916 to 1946.
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Grand Canyon Caverns
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The arcuate bill of this American Flamingo is well adapted to bottom scooping
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Renmark is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area, and is located 254 km northeast of Adelaide, on the banks of the River Murray. The Sturt Highway between Adelaide and Sydney runs through the town; Renmark is the last major town encountered in South Australia when driving this route. It is 31 m above sea level. As of 2000, the population of Renmark (combined with the neighbouring settlement of Lyrup) was 8,054. It is the oldest European settlement on the River Murray.
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rapaima reaches lengths of up to 3 metres (10 ft.) and weigh up to 200 kg (440 lbs.).
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Grand Princess
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American Robin
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A view from the vantage point in the middle of High Dam towards the "Lotus Flower" tower by the sculptor Ernst Neizvestny.
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The Pacific Swallow or Hill Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka across to south east Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. This bird is associated with coasts, but is increasingly spreading to forested uplands.[2]
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Grave Digger (often referred to as simply Digger) is the name of a team of monster trucks currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam series. There are several Grave Diggers being driven by different drivers to allow them to make appearances at more events, but their flagship driver is creator Dennis Anderson. Grave Digger is considered to be one of the most influential monster trucks of all time.
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Pebbles cemented with halite on the western shore of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi.
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Sumerian architecture
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The Island in the Sky mesa/district of Canyonlands National Park, as seen from the Needles district.