At the precise moment that they took wing, a colony of the same species that my wife was watching near the bottom of the mountain, also sent its queen on a wedding flight.

在它们起飞的同一个精确时刻，由我的妻子负责观察的山脚附近的另一窝同种的蚁族，亦放出它们的蚁后举行飞行婚礼。

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With its picnic tables, mountain views and community-outreach programmes, this site provides a tranquil vantage-point for the war in Afghanistan, just 90 minutes' flight away.

野餐桌、山地景致与社团拓展训练的存在，使得这一基地为人们关于九十分钟航程之外的阿富汗战争提供了一个平静的视角。

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The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane, flies near the Mont-Blanc mountain during its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland July 7, 2010.

太阳脉冲，一个太阳能高亮度新航飞机原型，苍蝇在第一夜近佩耶纳机场，飞行尝试靠近勃朗峰山脉瑞士2010年7月7日。

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After a short flight from Kathmandu to the mountain hamlet of Lukla, it took me 12 days to reach Base Camp, trekking 160km and climbing 10, 000 feet, hiking through dense forest, over a dozen suspension bridges, above the tree line and, finally, into a frozen landscape of ancient rock and glacial ice.

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Squadron leader Spike Wright, the officer commanding Sea Flight 22 Squadron, said those hoping to visit the mountain and new centre should be prepared for the mountain's dangers.

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Mr Roberts said his team and the North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team would find themselves being called out more often in cases where a flight from Humberside would take too long.

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