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CLEAN : Kuril islands, strategic chain at heart of Russia-Japan dispute
Rich in minerals and fish and strategic for Russia's navy, the Kuril islands are the subject of a decades-long territorial dispute between Moscow and Tokyo that has prevented them ever signing a World War II peace treaty
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CLEAN : Several dead in Quetta explosion in Pakistan
An explosion in front of the police chief's office kills several people in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city the capital of the mineral rich southern Balochistan province which has battled Islamist and nationalist insurgencies since 2004
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Wide Shot pan-left - Steam drifts across mountains and trees at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. / Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Wide Shot pan-left - Steam drifts across mountains and trees at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. / Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Low Angle tilt-up - Stalagmites jut from the floor of Carlsbad Caverns. / New Mexico, USA
Low Angle tilt-up - Stalagmites jut from the floor of Carlsbad Caverns. / New Mexico, USA
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Gold nuggets panned from a river in the Ecuadorian Andes
Gold nuggets panned from a river in the Ecuadorian Andes
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Long Shot static - Steam billows from a hot mineral spring in Wyoming. / Wyoming, USA
Long Shot static - Steam billows from a hot mineral spring in Wyoming. / Wyoming, USA
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Blood Pond Hell in Beppu, Japan
Name is 'Blood Pond Hell' because Minerals red to look like blood. #03
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Wide Shot static - Steam drifts across Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. / Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Wide Shot static - Steam drifts across Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. / Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Salt collecting farm
Salt collecting farm at Phetchaburi province, Thailand. High Definition 1920x1080 Format
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Futuristic Packing Line - Seamless Loop
Computer generated scene of three advanced robots packing sweet peppers on a flow wrapper. This is a seamless loop version for continuous playback.
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Sea Hell in Beppu, Japan
The more beautiful and famous hells, the 'sea hell' features a pond of boiling, blue water, in Beppu, Japan #01