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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground.

rift valley in Thingvellir National Park

rift valley on Venus

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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground.

Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game...

© Brian A. Vikander/West Light

rift valley in Thingvellir National Park

rift valley in Thingvellir National Park

The Thingvellir fracture zone at Thingvellir National Park in southwestern Iceland...

© Ihervas/Shutterstock.com

rift valley on Venus

rift valley on Venus

Oblique, vertically exaggerated view of a rift valley on Venus, generated by computer...

Photo NASA/JPL/Caltech (NASA photo # PIA00311)

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