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Patterns in Nature: Enigmatic Earth
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Photo: Light reflecting on a rock wall in Utah
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Reflecting off water, light paints peacock-feather patterns onto a rock wall in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

Photograph by Frans Lanting

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