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This five-stories pagoda, one of the oldest of its kind in Japan, dates from the 15th century and stands some 31 meters high

Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school boys and sour prentices, Go tell court huntsmen that the king will ride, Call country ants to harvest offices, Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time … ~ "Sun rising" ~ John Donne

The party gathered around Amundsen't tent at the South Pole. From left, Scott, Oates, Wilson, Evans. Photo by Bowers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_Expedition en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott

Mount Roraima rises from the rainforest where the borders of Guyana, Brazil, and Venezuela meet. Locals call it and similar flat-topped mountains tepuis (pronounced tuh-POOH-eez), or “sprouting rocks.” They're the remnants of a primeval plateau that eroded over millions of years.