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1 week ago

This U.S. National Park Has One of the Largest Gorges on the East Coast-and Is Nicknamed the 'Grand Canyon of the South'

Breaks Park takes its name from the 'break' in Pine Mountain, a colossal, nearly shear-walled canyon 1,000 feet deep and five miles long.
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4 months ago

The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye

The moon's Vallis Schrodinger and Vallis Planck canyons formed quickly due to asteroid impacts, unlike the Grand Canyon which formed through gradual erosion.
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