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Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft or jumping off a tall structure, and returning to earth with the aid of a parachute. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity. The history of skydiving starts with Andre-Jacques Garnerin who made successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797...

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with many more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws...

Photographer Kevin Bauman documents the decline of Detroit in 100 Abandoned Houses. Over the past 60 years, the city has gone from thriving metropolis, to a city in steady, undeniably decline. Over 50% of its population has left in the last 60 years, and the process shows no sign of stopping. These homes are a testament to where once there was progress and growth...