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The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Central California. Photo credit: marya from San Luis Obispo, USA via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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A photo of mist coming from Aum Shinrikyo's headquarters in June 1993.

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great salt lake, exposed shoreline in foreground, mountains in background

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