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Keeps on working, even when it is dark.

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If there was a contest about the most polluted city in the world, Linfen would probably win it hands down.

Over 3 million people living in the cite are affected by the pollution, causing chronic illness and premature deaths.

Once renowned for its rich agriculture and called “The Modern Fruit and Flower Town”, nowadays coal burning power plants have covered the city under a smoke and dust blanket.

Those who managed to stay healthy

• Walter_V_R
• steve willis
• Paul Franson
• Sasha Smith
• hhgygy
• mccrumplair
• mehmet durmus
• Farceur

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• Pascal Gilbraith
• Wista
• rob de wolff
• Steve Hoge
• Cloudspotter
• David Kozina

The haze you see in the picture are not clouds…

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Bouvet Island was discovered on 1 Januari 1739 and no one was able to set a foot on this island until 1825.
After its discoverer by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, it was given two other names (Lindsay Island and Liverpool Island) until finally it became a Norwegian dependency under the name of its original discoverer.

It is considered the most remote island in the world.

Nowadays it houses an unmanned weather station.

There is a rather intriguing story about this island and an abandoned whaler found there. You can read here all about it. (Thanks Steve)

Those who managed to climb ashore

• hhgygy
• Cloudspotter
• Walter_V_R
• Steve Hoge
• Paul Voestermans
• steve willis
• Lelie
• Farceur
• Felix Bossert
• Chris Nason
• mccrumplair
• rob de wolff
• Keith M

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• Paul Franson
• Sarah G.
• Mik
• Sasha Smith
• Rosella
• steven simmons
• ACG
• krenek
• Adam Macer
• mehmet durmus
• aldabra

This hardly accessible island was discovered in the 18th century, but the first accurate map was drawn 247 years later.

Happy new year, everybody!

New York, Manhattan is the place to be around Christmas. At the Rockefeller Center is traditionally the most beautiful Xmas tree in the world.

This year celebrates the 80th anniversary with an 80 years old, 80 ft tall Norway spruce.

Those who lit 45000 candles:

• LawnBoy
• Farceur
• Paul Franson
• Felix Bossert
• Paul Voestermans
• steve willis
• Adam Macer
• Steve Hoge
• Marty
• mehmet durmus
• Ben
• krenek
• mccrumplair
• hhgygy
• rob de wolff
• quiltadel
• Sasha Smith
• Lelie
• Wista
• lah
• David Kozina
• Keith
• Cloudspotter

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• Ashwini Agrawal
• Shelly
• steven simmons
• john rhea
• Walter_V_R

Christmas is over, but the tree is still here