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Dust devils spotted at Burning Man festival

Dust devils swirled in the desert surrounding Nevada’s Burning Man music festival in Black Rock Desert which came to an end on 5 September after a week of celebrations that began on 28 August. Sep 9, 2016

China planning $1.5bn theme park that will take visitors to space in weather balloons

A large Chinese entrepreneurial investor is keen to get the jump on Virgin Galactic and launch trips to the edge of space using weather balloons from China. KuangChi Science has announced plans to invest ¥10m (yuan - $1.5m, £1.12m) into developing a futuristic theme park in Hangzhou province called Future Valley, which comes with a series of rides aiming to let people experience what it would feel like to be an astronaut in space. Sep 7, 2016

Russia: Tiny seal refuses to return to the wild

A tiny seal who was found by fisherman in March was released into the wild on 31 August, however, unlike his companion he didnt want to go. When members of the Friends of Baltic Seals Foundation tried to release the two seals named Pasha and Kroshik into the wild, after 15 minutes the smallest seal, Kroshik, decided to come back instead of going it alone. Kroshik was found by fishermen near the village of Sviritsa in the Leningrad Region on March 25 and was later looked after at the Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Centre. The cub was reportedly the smallest of its kind ever to have come to the centre. Sep 1, 2016
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