QUICK FACTSName: Lençóis Maranhenses National ParkLocation: State of Maranhão, BrazilCoordinates: -2.5299, -43.0250Why it’s incredible: Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, yet it hosts thousands of temporary lagoons.Lençóis Maranhenses is a national park on Brazil’s northeast coast that is famous for its white sand dunes peppered with thousands of temporary, crystal-clear lagoons.The lagoons form every year during the wet season, between January and June, when rainwater collects in natural basins between the dunes. A compact, impermeable sediment layer prevents the water from draining, thereby creating freshwater pools that vary in shape, size, depth and color, according to UNESCO, which designated Lençóis…
US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel and President Trump’s extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz failed to assuage investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 335 points, or 0.7%, by approximately 9:35 a.m. ET, while the S&P 500 and…
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