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Close-up of a small green plant sprouting from the ground, breaking through a seed shell with wood mulch surrounding it

A tall, beige-walled structure with a litter-strewn area and drainage grate at the base

A blurry photograph of a snow-capped mountain with forests at its base. No visible persons or text

Mount St. Helens after the eruption

A very wide plane interior with two aisles and rows of four comfy-looking seats in the center and two or three seats on the side

Inside of a quarter

A snorkeler floats in the ocean near a surfacing whale with barnacles on its head, close to a boat

A woman standing next to a redwood

A hand holding an ostrich egg and a hummingbird egg

The back of the Statue of Liberty

A modest room with a full-size bed, rug, and three not very comfy-looking chairs and a small table

Library receipt showing savings: Total items: 31. You've saved $820.69 using your library card. Annual savings $5,413.94, total savings $17,846.79

Bags of 1-liter cooking oil sitting on a grocery store shelf, priced at 256.00 of the local currency

Sliced avocado with a small pit and some chopped tomatoes on a green cutting board

A person in a Santa Claus costume SCUBA dives next to a large sunfish inside an aquarium, creating a festive underwater scene

A museum display featuring the preserved body of a fish and a skeletal structure of another aquatic creature, both suspended in glass cases

A penguin skeleton

A steep, seemingly endless series of steps leading upward

Haunted Mansion ride

A crushed helmet

A machine with lots of slots showing brands of various beverages

Face cards with different letters

Comparing the size of Texas to Europe

People sitting on benches, watching the sunset near a vending machine outdoor