Behind the Vajont Dam (IMAGE)

Duke University

Behind the Vajont Dam

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A photo taken from behind the Vajont Dam in Italy, where nearly 10 billion cubic feet of mountainside came to rest after crashing into a 600-foot-deep reservoir in 1963. Trees and other vegetation have grown over the since the devastation occurred.

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Carolina Seguí, Duke University

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