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Rancho La Brea Tar Pit

Caption: Active fossil excavation site, Pit 91, located at the Rancho La Brea tar pits, Los Angeles, Calif. Pit 91 has yielded thousands of animal fossils.

Credit: D. E. Crowley, UCR.

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