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Lake Titicaca glitters on the Andean Altiplano between Peru and Bolivia, high enough that many first-time visitors feel the altitude

Greenland is the world’s largest island — a vast white expanse in the far north. At first glance, it appears

The Pacific Ocean is Earth’s largest and deepest ocean. It stretches from the icy Southern Ocean to the Arctic, touching

Mauna Kea is not your average mountain. Picture a massive volcano rising from the warm tropical seas of Hawaiʻi. Its

Stand at the shore of a quiet blue basin and you’re looking at one of Earth’s most useful landforms: the

Bees don’t all live the same length of time. A worker honey bee hatched in July might last only a

The Jordan River threads south from the snows of Mount Hermon to the lowest land on Earth, the Dead Sea—about

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent—a vast, windswept wilderness about the size of the United States and Mexico combined. It holds

The Dead Sea’s shores stretch along Israel/West Bank to the west and Jordan to the east, meeting at Earth’s lowest

The Dead Sea is a small lake with a big reputation. Straddling Jordan to the east and Israel and the