When you spend time in Human Face, you are struck not only by the spectacular photographs, the graphics and short essays from the luminary thinkers such as Juan Enriquez and Esther Dyson, but also by the audacity of the project itself.

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Next, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park offers spectacular hiking and, if you are lucky, a chance to watch live lava flow into the sea.

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The views from the water-facing rooms are spectacular--and borderline vertiginous by the time you get up to the 45th floor.

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Perhaps the spectacular developments to the south-west of downtown Kuala Lumpur are not quite the isolated follies that you imply.

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Intriguingly though, their spectacular antlers remained as huge: "You would especially expect the antlers to get smaller as they are so-called luxury organs - they should be the first thing to go, " said Dr Lister.

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