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 * ... that the fumarolically active volcano Solimana (pictured) has been identified as the site of an Inca oracle?
 * ...that the Rift Valley lakes of Africa are a freshwater ecoregion?
 * ...that hoodoos are tall skinny spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of arid basins and badlands?
 * ...that the Seattle Fault is believed capable of producing an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale?
 * ...that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
 * ... that fossilized remains of giant sea turtles have been found at an elevation of 7696 ft within Vega State Park in Colorado?