Driving south, Table Mountain recedes in the rear-view mirror and congested streets give way to a cliff-hugging road and endless ocean views.

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An endless stretch of blue sky overhangs an ocean of pastel greens and blues framed by coconut palms.

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But the endless meadows filled with a purple-blue ocean of lupine, or the sunset orange-red of the Indian paintbrush (Wyoming's state flower) will leave you speechless.

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"Although 95 years have passed since the world's most famous luxury liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, there continues to be an endless demand for information regarding Titanic - whether it be facts, legends or myths, " he said.

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If Iraq were to fall out of the sky onto a random part of the earth, odds are good that it would plunk into the ocean, sink for at least two miles and then settle into a seemingly endless mudflat called the abyssal plain.

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