Just Like Avatar: Scenes from India, Canada, China, and Hawaii

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By Smriti Rao
Mar 9, 2010 9:26 PMOct 9, 2019 6:55 PM

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Pandora on Earth

If you’re a big Avatar fan, then James Cameron’s Oscar loss may have left your eyes swollen and your popcorn soggy. But if Avatar grabbed your attention with its story of greedy humans ravaging the alien moon Pandora for a mineral that Earth needs, then here are a handful of real-life stories, from good ol’ planet Earth, that might make the plight of Pandora’s native Na’vi seem eerily familiar.

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