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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

ASO, Japan, Jan. 21 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 20, 2026, shows the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Helicopter accident on Mt. Aso

Firefighters wear gas masks in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, as they prepare to resume a rescue and recovery mission for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso, on Jan. 20.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Japan Transport Safety Board officer Keisuke Tanoue meets the press in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso on Jan. 20.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Police officers and firefighters walk toward an area near a crater on Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, to search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing on Jan. 20.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Police officers and firefighters walk toward an area near a crater on Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, to search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing on Jan. 20.

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Aso Helicopter missing

Police officers and firefighters walk toward an area near a crater on Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, to search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing on Jan. 20.

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Search for missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

A police rescue vehicle heads to Mt. Aso in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, after wreckage believed to be of the sightseeing helicopter that went missing the previous day was found in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso.

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Search for missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows firefighters preparing to resume a search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing the previous day in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 20, 2026, shows the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing earlier in the day.

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Search for missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Firefighters gather in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, before resuming a search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing the previous day in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso.

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Search for missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Police officers gather in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2026, before resuming a search for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing the previous day in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 20, 2026, shows the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing earlier in the day.

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Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 20, 2026, shows the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing earlier in the day.

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Helicopter carrying 3 goes missing near Japan's Mt. Aso summit

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2026, in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows the area near a crater on Mt. Aso where a sightseeing helicopter carrying two passengers from Taiwan and the pilot went missing near the summit earlier in the day.

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Satellite Image Shows Mount Etna Spewing Lava From Above

Handout photo dated June 2, 2025, shows The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite acquired an image of the area at 09:40 UTC, just minutes after the onset of the eruption. On the left, the natural colour image clearly depicts a dense ash plume in the summit crater area, partially obscured by a pyrocumulus cloud drifting westward towards inland Sicily. On the right, a false colour composite using shortwave infrared channels reveals the intense thermal signature of active lava flows descending into the Valle del Bove. Jaw-dropping satellite images shows Mount Etna erupting. At 11:24 am local time on 2 June, the most active volcano in Europe produced a spectacular eruption, propelling a dense column of ash and smoke several kilometres into the atmosphere. According to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the eruption originated from the South East Crater, one of the most active summit vents in recent years. The event was characterised by vigorous Strombolian activity, lava effusion, and a

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Russia strikes densely populated residential area in Kharkiv

A police officer stands by a crater left by a Russian missile strike in one of the microdistricts in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Russia strikes densely populated residential area in Kharkiv

A police officer stands by a crater left by a Russian missile strike in one of the microdistricts in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Iceland Reykjanes Peninsula Volcanic Eruption

This photo shows a volcanic eruption scene in the Sundhnukur crater area of southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, April 1, 2025. A volcanic eruption began on Tuesday at southwestern Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, announced the Icelandic Meteorological Office. A magma outflow from the magma corridor began in the Sundhnukur crater area early Tuesday morning, and the volcanic eruption began several hours later. The town of Grindavik in the area was evacuated earlier as an eruption was anticipated. Iceland on April 1, 2025. Photo by Icelandic Meteorological Office/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian troops strike Kharkiv with glide bombs

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JULY 3, 2024 - Law enforcers examine the crater from an impact in a residential area after the Russian glide bomb attack, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. At about 4 pm on Wednesday, July 3, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs injuring at least eight people.

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Russian troops strike Kharkiv with glide bombs

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JULY 3, 2024 - Law enforcers examine the crater from an impact in a residential area after the Russian glide bomb attack, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. At about 4 pm on Wednesday, July 3, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs injuring at least eight people.

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Russians hit Odesa region with missiles

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 21, 2024 - A crater from falling Russian missile debris is seen in a residential area, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. As reported, the Russian invaders struck Odesa region with ballistic missiles on Sunday afternoon. Four people were injured in the attack.

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Russians hit Odesa region with missiles

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 21, 2024 - A crater from falling Russian missile debris is seen in a residential area, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. As reported, the Russian invaders struck Odesa region with ballistic missiles on Sunday afternoon. Four people were injured in the attack.

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Russians shell Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 6, 2024 - People are gathered at a crater left by a Russian precision-guided munition in a residential area, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Breathtaking scenery of China's Changbai Mountains

STORY: Breathtaking scenery of China's Changbai Mountains DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Changbai Mountains in northeast China 2. various of tourists 3. various of lakes and forests STORYLINE: Located in northeast China's Jilin Province, Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve is famous for its well-preserved ecosystem and mountainous landscape. As the region enters its coldest period of the year, a large number of tourists pour into ski resorts in the Changbai Mountains. As part of the western Changbai Mountains, Longwanqun National Forest Park has the most volcanic clusters and the largest cluster of crater lakes in northeast China with a combined area of 8,133 hectares. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changchun, China. (XHTV)

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Survivor of 1954 U.S. nuclear test still unable to return home

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The dark-colored bay-like area (center, upper) is a crater created by a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test.

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (Center R) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged.

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (C) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fuming crater of Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan on Feb. 9, 2011. The area around the volcano is considered vulnerable to mudslides.

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Volcanic Alert Raised for Mt. Zao in Northeastern Japan

Miyagi and Yamagata, Japan -Jan. 30: Japan's weather agency raised Tuesday the alert level for Mt. Zao, a volcano near a popular ski area in northeastern Japan, citing the detection of volcanic tremors and warning of the possibility of a small eruption. The alert on a scale of five has been raised from 1, which only indicates the "potential" for increased activity, to 2, a level advising　People to refrain from approaching the crater, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency warned that an area within an approximately 1.2-kilometer radius of the crater could see rocks raining down from　above if a small eruption occurs. Mt. Zao straddles the border between prefectures of Miyagi and　Yamagata. According to the weather agency, volcanic tremors, caused by　movements of hot subterranean water and volcanic gas, were observed over a period of 31 minutes from 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday and were larger than those recorded on Sunday and early Tuesday morning.

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CROATIA-ZAGREB-UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY DRONE-CRASH

(220312) -- ZAGREB, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Police conduct an investigation in cooperation with military police after an unidentified military drone crashed in the area of Jaraun, Zagreb on March 10, 2022. An unmanned drone that crashed in the Jarun area of southwest Zagreb late Thursday is of military design and Russian-made, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday. The Croatian government said on Friday that the drone had entered Croatian air space from Hungary. On the ground it caused a large crater and two parachutes were found in a wooded area. Some cars at the scene were damaged. The police have cordoned off the area and are conducting an investigation. (Igor Soban/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-ZAGREB-UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY DRONE-CRASH

(220312) -- ZAGREB, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Police conduct an investigation in cooperation with military police after an unidentified military drone crashed in the area of Jaraun, Zagreb on March 10, 2022. An unmanned drone that crashed in the Jarun area of southwest Zagreb late Thursday is of military design and Russian-made, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday. The Croatian government said on Friday that the drone had entered Croatian air space from Hungary. On the ground it caused a large crater and two parachutes were found in a wooded area. Some cars at the scene were damaged. The police have cordoned off the area and are conducting an investigation. (Igor Soban/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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Noticeable tremors continue at Mt. Hakone

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2015, shows steam erupting in Owakudani, a volcanic crater on Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo. Volcanic activity remained intense in the area after the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert for the mountain from one, or "normal," to two, a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent, anticipating a possible small steam eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Noticeable tremors continue at Mt. Hakone

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2015, shows steam erupting in Owakudani, a volcanic crater on Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo. Volcanic activity remained intense in the area after the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert for the mountain from one, or "normal," to two, a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent, anticipating a possible small steam eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Noticeable tremors continue at Mt. Hakone

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2015, shows steam erupting in Owakudani, a volcanic crater on Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo. Volcanic activity remained intense in the area after the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert for the mountain from one, or "normal," to two, a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent, anticipating a possible small steam eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic activity remains intensified on Mt. Hakone

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows steam belching out into the air from Owakudani, a volcanic crater of Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo, in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 8, 2015. Volcanic activity remained intensified in the area after the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert for the mountain from one, or "normal," to two, a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent, on May 6, anticipating a possible small steam eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic activity remains intensified on Mt. Hakone

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows steam belching out into the air from Owakudani, a volcanic crater of Mt. Hakone, a popular tourist spot southwest of Tokyo, in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 8, 2015. Volcanic activity remained intensified in the area after the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert for the mountain from one, or "normal," to two, a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent, on May 6, anticipating a possible small steam eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Asama appears to have had small eruption

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 11:25 a.m. on June 16, 2015, shows an area near a crater of Mt. Asama, a volcano about 140 kilometers northwest of Tokyo. The 2,568-meter volcano appears to have had a small eruption, the Japanese weather agency said earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyakejima continues to rumble

On August 24 Miyakejima Oyama exploded creating five new craters. The explosion of Miyakejima Island burning island flowing columns of lava burned crater area destroyed houses people evacuating * Date of shooting unknown release date: August 31 1962

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Weeding a rice field at Aso Valley

The caldera area of Aso has been used to grow rice since the Yayoi Period. According to myth, the deity of the volcano, Takeiwawatatsunomikoto, built the first rice paddy here. The photograph captures the Asodani area with the central crater located on the north side of Aso Gogaku (the five mountains of Aso) as viewed from the east. The area is commonly referred to as Aso no Senmaida ( Thousand fields of Aso ) with many narrow rice paddies one after another. At present, the farmed area has been redesigned in an arrangement of square rice paddies.==Date:1904, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐3‐0]

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (Center R) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged. (Kyodo)

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (C) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged. (Kyodo)

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fuming crater of Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan on Feb. 9, 2011. The area around the volcano is considered vulnerable to mudslides. (Kyodo)

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Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Tasmanian devil at the Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Tasmanian devil at the Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Tasmanian devil at the Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Opening of Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Opening of Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Opening of Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, Prague zoo

Prague zoo director Miroslav Bobek gestures during the opening of Darwin Crater, exhibition of Tasmanian and Australian fauna, at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, May 27, 2020. The exhibition will be inhabited by twenty species of animals from Australia, including Tasmanian devils. The area of Darwin's crater is 4600 square meters, the construction cost 78 million crowns. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)