Far above the clouds, an adrenaline-seeking skier glides past the jagged Crater Rock on Oregon"s Mount Hood. He"s practicing a relatively young sport known as speed riding—similar to paragliding but with more emphasis on high velocity than altitude. Skiers with parachute-like "wings" launch downslope at high speed, navigating runs partly on skis and partly in the air.
Ready. Set. Snow.
Today in History
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Stop and see the flowers
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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Happy Independence Day!
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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In honor of those we ve lost
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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Total solar eclipse
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Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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World Bee Day
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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Dolomites
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In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
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The Wall for Peace
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Bavljenac Island
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Longer days mean warmer sand
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Beware the Ides of March
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Hidden beauty in Thailand
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act