Happy Star Wars Day! To celebrate, we’re at the Tunisian salt pan called Chott el Djerid. Nearby is a town called Matmata, where the residents still live and work in below-ground cave dwellings as a way to beat the heat. In the 1970s, when George Lucas needed a desert landscape to stand in for the distant home planet of Luke Skywalker, Chott el Djerid was chosen. Some of the film props—seen in this photo—are still standing, and continue to draw tourists into the region.
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Today in History
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Veterans Day
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World Children s Day
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Quilts as high art
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Spread some love with Bing
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Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
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Sharp-dressed bug
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World Meteorological Day
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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Remembering Krakatoa
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A whale of a picture
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Celebrating the Acadians
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Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
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Headed to the High Country
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Merry Christmas
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Vote!
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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Mardi Gras
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Happy Independence Day!