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Hekla Eruption, Iceland - Wikimedia Commons

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Nemi Ships: How Caligula's Floating Pleasure Palaces Were Found and Lost Again

A section of the Gorgan Wall in the hills. (Credit: Arman Ershadi)

Iran's Wolf Wall, Second-longest in the World, is Still Shrouded in Mystery

Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft, surrounded by thousands of white butterflies. Environmentalists fear for the region's future due to the toxic rocket fuel. (Credit: Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum)

In Russia's Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft for Profit

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