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...gradually forced into narrow strips that outline broad swaths of pure soil. At the same time, irregularities in the thickness of the rock lines are smoothed out by this continuous squeeze. Whether the final result looks like a circle or a polygon depends on how thick the initial stone layer is and how much the local soil expands when it freezes. Stripes turn up when the process happens on a hillside. No aliens necessary--and knowing how these remarkable shapes were formed doesn't take anything away from their striking beauty. --By Michael D. Lemonick
Health concerns certainly haven't kept the pipe's young converts away. Passing around a hookah with friends has become so popular at UCLA that there are now two hookah lounges a stone's throw from the campus. Patrons can play board games on sidewalk tables outside the Gypsy or sip coffee and relax in the dark, smoky interior of the Habibi Cafe across the street...
...immense Buddhist stupa that rises from a wooded plain in south-central Java like a fabulous, mesmerizing dream?has suffered its share of adversity. It was buried under volcanic ash for centuries; in 1911, its summit was destroyed by lightning; its 2 million blocks of exquisitely carved volcanic stone are slowly sliding down the hill despite an extensive restoration project 20 years ago. Yet she's a game old girl and soldiers on, inspiring pilgrims as powerfully now as when she was raised 1,200 years...
...irony, for a desert city in its fifth consecutive year of drought, is that it is water that's killing Jaisalmer. The city was built of dry stone in 1156, before the advent of piped water and underground sewers. In those days, residents collected their water from a nearby lake and stored it in clay urns. Today the gallons piped in daily to meet the demands of a growing population and its shower-needy visitors are overwhelming the ancient plumbing. "Seepage into the foundations has left many structures unstable," says Sue Carpenter, founder of a charity called Jaisalmer in Jeopardy...
...individual in the Bible is with a sexual sinner many times over, the Samaritan woman in John 4, and he saves the life of an adulteress by telling an angry crowd, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone...