This picture doesn’t show a raging fire, or the remnants of one that has passed through recently. It isn’t a volcano either.
Instead, what makes Canada’s “Smoking Hills” exude smoke for centuries at a time is absolutely fascinating.
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Broccoli rubble (crunchy bits quick-cooked with a sinus-clearing volume of garlic, pepper flakes, lemon zest, juice and pecorino) are draped with a slice of provolone and broiled until blistered in an open-face sandwich that's all I want to eat.
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Ever heard of 'river piracy'? No, didn't think so.
However, between May 25-29th 2016 the Slims River stopped flowing out of the Kaskawulsh Glacier in Yukon to the Bering Sea, and instead completely diverted to the Pacific Ocean, saving it a huge journey across Alaska.
Why?
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High in the Indian Himalayas, more than 5,000 m (16,400 ft) above sea level, lies a tiny lake called Roopkund. For much of the year it is frozen.
But, when the ice melts, something bizarre appears:
Hundreds of human skeletons emerge, from different eras.
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