HUGE waterfall discovered in peru's amazon rainforest


	HUGE waterfall discovered in peru's amazon rainforest

doodleicious

2-1-2009 7:18 PM

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2-1-2009 9:29 PM

tanyamm

Discoveries like that are great. But in some ways sad because it will never be the same as it was once people set foot in it.

2-1-2009 9:32 PM

doodleicious

i agree with you tanyamm- exactly what was going through my mind as i was clipping it......

2-3-2009 11:15 AM

Ilsadago1

Beautiful. And you're right, sad. I'm sure idiot will try to exploit it soon enough.

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