sink/hole

we propulsed the second american woman back into space.

by the end of the episode they had rewound back down into the water.

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in the strata of the earth’s mineral atmosphere lay fossiled remains of angels or ghosts.

sunburnt corneas haloed the partial view of a drifting reservoir of light.

when members of the search party recovered the flight pod, three of the life support systems had been engaged.

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sussing ceased laden lacunae.

down at the water’s edge, you can see a nice exposure of the carbonate rocks that form the top of the aquifer.

the natives emerged from the lapping lagoon in ritual regalia.

if i were a kid, i’d be wanting to jump in there.

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in the nineteen-nineties, he told me, a woman was working in her yard when a young child, who was playing near her, disappeared through the sod.

the waves kept stalking in stands of headless sunflowers.