READING LOG: DESCRIPTION (PLACE)
PRE-READING
No
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Day
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Name of place
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Why I am interesting to read
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Questions before I read
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1.
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Friday
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Grand Canyon, USA
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Because I
have read about this before and I also have watched about this place on TV.
It was an amazing place where I really wanted to go there soon.
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What are
the characteristics of this place?
How old is
this place?
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Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
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Because of
the picture. I have never seen or read something like this before whether in
books or TV. I really curious about this place for its beauty.
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What are
the characteristics of this place?
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2.
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Saturday
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Great Barrier Reaf, Australia
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Because I
have seen and heard about this place before, even just a little. So, I was
interested to read this in order to gain my knowledge about this place.
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How
beautiful Great Barrier Reaf is?
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Yellowstone National Park, USA
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Because I
have seen and heard about this place on TV before. But the most important
factor is because of the scenery showed in the picture. It made me curious to
know more about this place
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What are
animals, places or things inside this national park?
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3.
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Monday
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Olympus Mons, Mars
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Because I
am interesting in astronomy. So, I think it will be great if I read about a
place which is not on the earth. Then, I chose this place because I have
heard about it before.
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How high
and big Olympus Mons is?
What are
the characteristics about this mountain?
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Verona Rupes, Miranda (a moon of Uranus)
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Because
like I said before, I like anything about astronomy and space. So, I searched
about it and found the tallest cliff in the solar system which is thi place
and I was curious about it.
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How high
Verona Rupes is?
If I jump
from this cliff, how long time needed from the top till I reach the bottom?
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4.
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Tuesday
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Sea of Tranquility, Moon
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Because I
am curious about the first mankind landing on the moon. I just want to prove
it by see it by myself.
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Is that
true Apollo 11 have landed on this place?
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Valles Marineris, Mars
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Because I
was surprise by its comparison with the Grand Canyon which is extremely
different. So, I wanted to read about it.
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How big
Valles Marinares is?
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AFTER READING
Day 1
Friday, March 1, 2019
Time
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21.30-21.35
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First
Place
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Grand Canyon, USA
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Description
of Place
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The Grand Canyon, located in
Arizona, USA, is a steep-sided canyon by the Colorado River for over 5,000
years ago. It has 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and
also 1 mile (1.857 km) deep. 1.8 billion years old rock layer are the oldest
rock that ever found in Grand Canyon.
Most of the people come here
are to enjoy the scenery, doing some sport like hiking and climbing and some
of them also taking a shoot for a film like "27 hours" film, etc.
Some of the mist popular viewpoint are Yavapai Observation Station, Mather
Point, etc.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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148 words
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What makes you interested in this Place
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Because I have seen it in
some film and TV about adventure or amazing place. So, I was curious about
this place so bad. It also has a historical value about the shape of the
earth in the past
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Comment after reading
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I like this place so bad. I
want to go there someday. There, I want to see the most beautiful part and in
the most beautiful viewpoint. I also want to see the 1.8 billion rock layer
and I want to feel the atmosphere there.
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New Vocabularies found
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Steep, gash, fabric,
immense, gorge, carved, sheer, layers, passage, and rim.
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Time
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21.40-21.44
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Second Place
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Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
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Description of Place
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Plitvice Lakes is one of the
oldest and largest National Park in Croatia with 296.85 km2 of area. Also, it
was added to the UNESCO Heritage site since 1979. This lake was linked with
16 other lakes by waterfalls and also surrounded by ancient forest. The highest
point of this place is in 1,280 meters and the lowest is in 280 meters. In
this place you can enjoy natural walkways, hiking or just enjoy the scenery.
This place also can be enjoyed all year round.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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151 words
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What makes you interested in this place
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Because of the scenery that
showed in the picture. How natural that place and also how beautiful when
nature can be blend with human being life. It also looks like a quiet place
to refreshing my mind.
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Comment after reading
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After I read about this
place, I feel like this is one of the most place that I want to visit
someday. I would like to go take a walk there all alone and also, I want to
stay in an open space just to refresh my mind and read book. I think this is
one of the best places to spend my me time.
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New Vocabularies found
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Coast, surrounded, and lacy.
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Day 2
Saturday, March 2, 2019
(Forget)
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First Place
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Great Barrier Reaf, Australia
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Description of Place
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The world's largest coral reef system and the
biggest single structure made by living organism is Great Barrier Reaf.
Located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, this reef
composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 km over an area of
approximately 344,400 km2.
This place can be seen from outer space, but the
true beauty is hide inside it or underwater. So, snorkling or sailing in a
glass-bottomed boat could be the best activities to enjoy this place.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount
of words on text
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132 words
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What makes
you interested in this Place
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Because I love sea, even I cannot swim and also, I
have seen and heard about the beauty of this place and that makes me more
curious about this place.
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Comment
after reading
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I think this place must be take care with extremely
careful, so our children and grandchildren can see and enjoy what we see and
enjoy today. Because as we know that coral reef needed hundred to thousand
years to grow, so once it broken it will take very long time to recover.
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New
Vocabularies found
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Comprises, reef, composed, mesmerizing, and plain.
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Time
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(Forget)
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Second Place
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Yellowstone National Park, USA
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Description
of Place
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The oldest national park in the world is Yellowstone
National Park, USA. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA and it consisting
of 3,500 square miles of wild. This place has some natural features such as
fast alpine rivers, a simmering volcano displayed in gushing geysers and hot
springs, deep canyons, dense ancient forest, etc. It is also home for bears,
elk, wolves, bison, and antelope. This place not just a place for having fun
but also a precious national treasure.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount
of words on text
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130 words
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What makes
you interested in this place
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Because of the beautiful scene of the picture. It
turned on my curiousness of nature and phenomenon.
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Comment
after reading
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I think Indonesia must have something like this. I mean not only having a national
park, but also a good management too. As we know that Indonesia have many
potential places to be a national park, so it is time for us to develop our national
park in order to show it to the world.
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New
Vocabularies found
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Untamed, simmering, gushing, and dense.
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Day 3
Monday, Marr 4, 2019
Time
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21.35-21.45
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First
Place
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Olympus Mons, Mars
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Description
of Place
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Olympus Mons
is the largest volcano in our solar system. It is a mountain located on Mars.
It has 16 miles (25 km) or 3 times bigger than Mount Everest and 374 miles
(624 km) roughly the size of the state of Arizona. If you have a chance to go
there, I think it will be the most challenging place to hiking but also a memorable experience that you have
done in your life.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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519 words
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What makes you interested in this Place
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Because I am
interested in astronomy and also, I like about something longest, tallest,
biggest, and the best un the world and universe. So, I think this place is
edible for my qualification above.
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Comment after reading
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I think I want
to go there someday, if that possible of course. Because I think it will be
the best and memorable experience to explore a place which never been
explored by humankind.
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New Vocabularies found
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Binding,
terrestrial, counterparts, roughly, violently, spewing, molten, squat, slope,
stack, chamber, beneath, presses, crust, slid over, plume, Goddard,
glaciers, debris, ridges, furrows, lobes, and boulders.
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Time
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22.35-22.38
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Second Place
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Verona Rupes
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Description of Place
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Verona Rupes
is a cliff located on Miranda, a moon of Uranus, and known as the tallest
cliff in the solar system. This cliff has extremely high which is about 20 km
(12miles), it is tenfold from the highest cliff in Grand Canyon which is 2 km and twice from Mont
Everest which is 9 km. In that high and gravity, if you could jump and fall
from the cliff, it would be takes about 12 minutes from the top to the bottom
at the speed of about 200 km/h. Even so, the fall might be survivable given
proper airbag protection.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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111 words
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What makes you interested in this place
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Because I am
interested in astronomy. So, when I searched about place in the solar system,
I directly interested with this place at first sight.
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Comment after reading
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After I read
about this place, it made me wanted to go there to feel the experience and excitement of jumping from the cliff and still have a chance
to live to tell the story.
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New Vocabularies found
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Estimated and
proper.
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Day 4
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Time
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02.20-02.25
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First
Place
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Sea of Tranquility, Moon
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Description
of Place
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The Sea of
Tranquility is the landing site of Apollo 11, the mission that gave Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin their first step on the
moon. This place is not actually a sea, it's a lunar mare so there is no
water at all. Although there is no water on the surface but there is water underneath the surface. So, even assuming
that they're plentyful, they don't qualify as sea. This place is a great destination for those who still hesitate
or doubt about the truth of the first mankind landing on the moon.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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words
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What makes you interested in this Place
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Because I like
astronomy and also the moon with the truth of the first mankind landing on
it.
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Comment after reading
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After I read about this place, I want to go there
someday to prove the truth of the first mankind landing on the moon and just
to spend my holiday.
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New Vocabularies found
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Tranquility, mare, basin, basalt, blursh,
privileged, elaborate, and reliable.
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Time
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02.50-02.59
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Second Place
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Valles
Marineris, Mars
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Description of Place
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Valles
Marineris is a system of canyons that spans 2,500 miles (4,000 km), at some point, the canyon is 125 miles
(200 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) deep. If we compare it with the Grand
Canyon on Earth which is only 227 miles (446 km) long, 18 miles (30 km) wide,
and 1 mile (1.6 km) deep. This extremely big differences make Valles
Marineris one of the largest canyons in the solar system. So, for those who
love to spend their holiday at the Grand Camyon, I think they will like thia
place as they like the Grand Canyon.
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Its photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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642 words
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What makes you interested in this place
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Because I have
read about the Grand Canyon before and like it. So, when I found the twin
from Mars, I felt so curious about this place.
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Comment after reading
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After I read about this place, I think this place
will become one of the places thet I want to visit someday, if that possible
of course.
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New Vocabularies found
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Circumference, reigns, dwarfing, chaotic, terrain,
chryse, planitia, vast, steep, resemble, eastward, eroded, ash, coprates,
bulging, hardrned, bulk, and windblown.
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Thanks for coming and happy reading :)