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The geothermal field known as Sol de Manana, Morning Sun

The geothermal field known as Sol de Manana, Morning Sun, covering 10 sq km at altitudes between 4800 and 500 m. In the distance pressurised steam rises up to 50 m high. The field is seismically active, and has many mud lakes and steam pools with boiling mud. Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna, Potosi District, Bolivia

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Tourists visiting El Tatio Geysers

Tourists visiting El Tatio Geysers, mostly active at dawn, in a geothermic field at 4300 m above sea level, with more than 80 active geysers. Near San Pedro de Atacama, Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, northern Chile

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Galleries of a colony of Common voles (Microtus arvalis)

Galleries of a colony of Common voles (Microtus arvalis). Population density varies in three- to five-year cycles, from 100 animals per hectare up to 2000. They make runways over their entire home range plus nests below ground for food storage, resting and rearing the young. Valromey, Jura, France

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