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Mysterious 'crop circles' appear on ice in Norway
77-year -old Ole Johan Hansen from Arna, outside Bergen in the west of Norway, saw a mystic light out on the lake one evening, about 6ft wide, unlike anything he had seen before. 
He could see no one with his binoculars, and due to the risk of falling through the ice, did not investigate until the next day.
The following day, a strange, symmetric pattern covered the lake.
Town uses geothermal energy to stay warm
Downtown buildings and snow-free sidewalks are all heated by underground wells.
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America's great wilderness spots
The John Muir Wilderness has 590 miles of trails along canyons, river valleys, and snow-capped peaks.
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Authorities at Nepal's Chitwan National Park are sweating over an unlikely menace which threatens to overrun the 230,000 acre nature reserve, home to some of the world's most endangered species. The culprit is a fast growing plant, called Mikenia micrantha, native to Brazil, which has already succeeded in covering 20 percent of the park--and it shows no signs of slowing. Park officials have taken to uprooting the weed after seeing realizing the potentially dire threat it could have on native species, but that may not be enough. "If uncontrolled, it will spread over half of the park's entire area."
Article continues: Invasive Weed Threatens to Overrun Nature Reserve
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