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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground. rift valley in Thingvellir National Park rift valley on Venus
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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground.
rift valley in Thingvellir National Park
rift valley on Venus
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