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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  A 
  GASH 
  IN 
  THE 
  HILLS 
  LEFT 
  BY 
  A 
  LANDSLIDE 
  WHICH 
  COVERED 
  A 
  VILLAGE 
  

  

  AT 
  THE 
  FOOT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SLIDE 
  SHOWN 
  IN 
  THE 
  PICTURE 
  ABOVE 
  

  

  The 
  earth 
  spread 
  out 
  over 
  the 
  valley 
  floor, 
  completely 
  obliterating 
  the 
  original 
  topography, 
  

   including 
  river-bed 
  and 
  highway. 
  Travelers 
  are 
  seen 
  making 
  their 
  way 
  along 
  the 
  new 
  road 
  

   which 
  is 
  being 
  gradually 
  packed 
  down 
  over 
  the 
  soft 
  earth. 
  The 
  wave 
  trough 
  and 
  vortex 
  

   formation 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  torrent 
  of 
  earth 
  is 
  plainly 
  discernible. 
  The 
  scaly 
  appearance 
  is 
  caused 
  

   by 
  the 
  broken-up 
  valley 
  floor 
  sod. 
  The 
  avalanche 
  plowed 
  its 
  way 
  under 
  the 
  sod. 
  

  

  