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                                                     Hyperion

Hyperion Towers above other surrounding Trees 

The tallest thing to ever live on earth is not an brontosaurus or argentinosaurus, but a living tree in Northern California called Hyperion. Hyperion is a coast redwood and at 379.3 ft tall makes it the tallest tree and living thing on earth. Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor in a remote spot of Redwood National and State Parks and its exact locations is secret because of the fear that the humans visiting would harm or damage the ecosystem. Although the tallest tree it is not the largest by volume because that record belongs to a tree called General Sherman located in California's Sequoia National Park.  It’s believed to be about 700–800 years old.

    The Cave of the Crystals

The Cave of the Crystals is a cave 980 ft below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is a cave with some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave is relatively unexplored because of its extreme conditions with air temperatures of 136 °F with 90 to 99 percent humidity. The cave is on a fault above a magma chamber which heated the groundwater over long periods of time turned the sulfide ions in the water into the crystals. Although scientists believe there may be more rooms to the chamber they are planning of sealing it and allowing the water to rise(a mining company drained the water to explore the cave) because the crystals deteriorate in air  and  further exploration would require demolishing some of the crystals. 

Boston Marathon

This year was the 119^th Boston Marathon and took place April 20^th 2015. The race is 26.2 miles and was on a light and rainy day. This year was the second anniversary of the Boston Bombings (2013) and security measures were in place like previous races. The men's race was won by Lelisa Desisa from Ethiopia with a time of 2:09:17 and Caroline Rotich of Kenya won the women's race with a time of 2:24:55. Although no records were broken both finished with great times. 

The route of the Marathon 

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