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Siberia Has A Beautiful Desert
Culture Buzz In the snow-capped, mountainous region of Siberia lies a miniature desert that is three miles wide by six miles long. It’s called the Chara Sands, and it has dunes ranging from 12 to 19 feet high. And that’s your geography lesson for the day.
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Link: Mysterious Whale Graveyard Discovered In Desert
http://theweek.com/article/index/221669/the-mysterious-wh...
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Even millions of years ago, this desert wasn’t ocean. So how did more than 75 whale fossils turn up in the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert â one of the world’s driest?
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Burning Man Has A Thunder Dome
Culture Buzz No, seriously. If Dick Cheney were still a human and had the capacity to dream, this would drive him to raging morning wood (“Two hippies enter, no hippies leave!”).
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Image: Western-Style Mural Appears On Ohio Pier
Who needs a Jesus sighting on a truck window when when you can be whisked away to the Old West via water marks on an Ohio pier? The scene (or tableau, one might say) depicts a man and his horse riding across the desert, canyons and all. (via.)
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Video: Kuwait Sandstorm
It's like watching a scene in a post-apocalypse movie. On Friday, March 25th a huge sandstorm swept through Kuwait. One intrepid amateur was able to catch the oncoming storm on film.
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Video: Snowman Goes to the Desert
A snowman survived a big journey from Japan to Bahrain without any refrigeration for this cute little stunt by Panasonic. They made a bunch of kids very happy.
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Your Perfect Hell On Earth Vacation
Culture Buzz Tired of boring beaches and overcrowded cities? Here's a vacation for daredevils that's a little out of the ordinary. Have your own little piece of hell in the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia. (Via)
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The Burning Blog
Culture Buzz Burning Man’s up-to-the-minute blog from the desert. With the annual desert art orgy kicking off today in Black Rock City, Nevada, the Burning Blog should be fun to watch for info, news, happenings, and more! Never before has blogging been so hot.
