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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An underwater rainbow
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Womens History Month
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The Grand Départ: Tour de France begins
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Old man s whiskers growing wild
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Did it see its shadow?
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A river runs through rice fields
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Daylight Saving Time
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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Northern hawk-owl
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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The Belogradchik Rocks in Bulgaria
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Fog above the forest
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Fall comes to Pando
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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Santa Catalina Arch, Antigua, Guatemala
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Finnish Independence Day
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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The mountaintop of toppled gods
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Birthplace of Roman emperors
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