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Here's a look at the final cut:— Gale crater located near the Martian equator possesses a 3-mile-5-kilometer-high mound of layered mineral deposits.
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A fresh three-person crew is en route to the 220-mile354-kilometer-high outpost after rocketing away from Kazakhstan.
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Saturday's eruption prompted Chilean authorities to order the relocation of at least 3,500 people as it sent a 10-kilometer-high ash cloud into the atmosphere.
Chile, Argentina Resume Flights Despite Ash Cloud Anthony Esposito 2011
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Among the high-profile projects that have been canceled are the Trump International Hotel and Tower, a proposed skyscraper hotel at the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah man-made archipelago; Dubai Properties' Tiger Woods Dubai, a proposed residential and golf-course project; and the Nakheel Tower, a proposed kilometer-high tower to be built by Nakheel, a prominent local developer.
Dubai Home Costs to Fall More Tahani Karrar-Lewsley 2012
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Witness plans to build a kilometer-high tower in Saudi Arabia, a country with a population density lower than Iowa's.
Beware the Emerging Consensus Liam Denning 2011
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Saturday's eruption prompted Chilean authorities to order the relocation of at least 3,500 people as it sent a 10-kilometer-high ash cloud into the atmosphere.
Chile, Argentina Resume Flights Despite Ash Cloud Anthony Esposito 2011
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Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill have been selected by a Saudi Arabian investment firm to design the latest entry in the world's tallest building derby -- a kilometer-high skyscraper on the fringes of the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to a published report.
Smith + Gill, Chicago Architects, To Design World's Tallest Building In Saudi Arabia 2010
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Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill have been selected by a Saudi Arabian investment firm to design the latest entry in the world's tallest building derby -- a kilometer-high skyscraper on the fringes of the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to a published report.
Smith + Gill, Chicago Architects, To Design World's Tallest Building In Saudi Arabia 2010
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But from Earth, any evidence of the plume was hidden by the rim of a giant impact basin, a 3 kilometer-high 2-mile mountain directly in the way for Earth telescopes trained on the impact site, said Dr. Peter Schultz, co-investigator for LCROSS.
Moon Crash Plume Visible to Spacecraft But Not Earth Telescopes | Universe Today 2009
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They were at the top of the kilometer-high cliffs that made up most of the inland sea's southern shore, looking out into the storm.
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