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Broad Peak
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Published December 9, 2013
Located on the border of Pakistan and China, just a few kilometers southeast of K2, Broad Peak is the twelfth tallest mountain on Earth and the third tallest in the Karakoram Range.
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Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II, the thirteenth tallest mountain in the world and the second tallest in the Gasherbrum group, is on the northernmost section of the ridge and about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of K2—the tallest mountain in the Karakorum.
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Shisha Pangma
The shortest and youngest of the eight-thousand-meter peaks, Shisha Pangma is the only one located entirely within Tibet.
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A Ridge with a Cloud on Top
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Published December 3, 2013
In China’s Sichuan Basin, moist air forced upward by narrow ridges spurred the formation of lines of clouds.
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Steam Explosions at Zhupanovsky Volcano
Published November 6, 2013
Ash and heat hint at a new eruption brewing on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Lluta River, Chile
Published November 2, 2013
The Lluta River provides a lifeline of water to one of the driest places in the world. However, the water is steeped with arsenic and boron.
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