Whale Graveyard (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Smithsonian

Whale Graveyard (3 of 3)

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In this photo, Chilean and Smithsonian paleontologists study several fossil whale skeletons at Cerro Ballena next to the Pan-American Highway in the Atacama Region of Chile in 2011.

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Adam Metallo/Smithsonian Institution

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