Everton, keenly aware of the opportunity offered by Liverpool's defeat at Manchester City on Saturday, started brightly on a sun-lit afternoon.

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Sitting before this perfectly coiffed blond businesswoman in a sun-lit corner office in her Rio de Janeiro headquarters, it's hard to picture her hacking though bovine femurs with a surgical saw to make ornamental loops for her first bikini bottoms.

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The 790's projector was bright enough to see detail even in a sun-lit room, but we could even see using it to watch a movie (with an external speaker), assuming that we're able to set up shop in a pitch-black environment with a suitable surface.

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As the sun set, Maasai guards lit a path from our tent to a campfire surrounded by flickering lanterns.

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The lunar outpost will most likely be placed on the lunar south pole, which is lit by the sun three-quarters of the time, and has possible resources to mine nearby.

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At Hugh Gorge, walkers may need to take off their boots and cross through water, while incredible Standley Chasm has towering rock walls that blaze a fiery vermillion when lit by the midday sun.

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"I was smoking outside the door when I looked up at the sky and suddenly the sky lit up with a bright light and something that looked like the sun fell somewhere to the south of Yekaterinburg, " wrote Sergei Bobunets, quoted by AFP news agency.

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