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Chand Baori is a famous stepwell located in the village of Abhaneri near Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated opposite of the Harshat Mata Temple and was constructed in the 9th century. Chand Baori consits of 3,500 narrow steps over 13 storeys. It extends approximately 100 ft into the ground making it one of the deepest and largest stepwells in India. [Source]
Stepwells, also known as kalyani, pushkarani, bawdi, baoli, barav, or vaav; are wells or ponds in which the water may be reached by descending a set of steps. They may be covered and protected and are often of architectural significance. Most common in Western India, they can also be found in arid regions of Pakistan.
The basic difference between stepwells and tanks or wells is that stepwells are easier for people to reach the ground water. They are also easier to maintain and manage. Stepwells also served other purposes, such a relief from the daytime heat and as a place for social gatherings and religious ceremonies. [Source]

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DSC00935 Abhaneri - Chand Baori
Photograph by S. Le Bozec on Flickr


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Chand Baori stepwell
Photograph by Miles Hunter on Flickr


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THE DEEPEST STEPWELL IN THE WORLD. CHAND BAORI, RAJASTAN, INDIA


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Chand Baori - Abhaneri step well (10th Century), Rajasthan, N. India


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Chand Baori stepwell
Photograph by Miles Hunter on Flickr


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The Chand Baori stepwell at Abhaneri
Photograph by Saumil U. Shah on Flickr


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Chand Baori stepwell
Photograph by Miles Hunter on Flickr
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If you’ve ever wondered why honeybees tend to die after stinging someone this picture says it all. In an incredible capture by Kathy Keatley Garvey, a UC Davis Communications Specialist in the Department of Enomology, we see a bee stinging a person’s arm and then attempting to fly away as the stinger remains lodged in the victim. That trail of goo you see? It’s actually the bee’s abdominal tissue. The remarkable capture netted Garvey the first-place gold feature photo award in an Association for Communication Excellence competition.

On the fortunate timing, Garvey said she was walking with a friend and a bee came close to him and started buzzing in a high-pitch. She said that’s normally a telltale sign that a bee’s about to sting, so she readied her camera and snapped four photos.

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Ancient bone-headed dinosaur found
Scientists have unveiled a new species of bone-headed dinosaur, which they say is the oldest in North America, and possibly the world.
Reconstruction of Acrotholus audeti

The dog-sized plant-eater had a dome-shaped skull that may have been used to head-butt other dinosaurs.
University of Toronto researchers say the new species, revealed in the journal Nature Communications, fills in gaps in the dinosaur family tree.
They believe more small dinosaurs like Acrotholus audeti await discovery.
Bone-headed dinosaurs, or thick-headed lizards, are known scientifically as pachycephalosaurs.


They are a strange group of herbivorous dinosaurs which possessed a thick-boned dome on the top of their skulls.
The dome may have been used for decoration or to head-butt other dinosaurs in combat.
The new find, Acrotholus, dates back to 85 million years ago.
It was about the size of a large dog, weighed about 40kg (88lb), walked on two legs, and had a skull composed of solid bone over 10cm (4 inches) thick.
Dr David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto said the fossil provides a wealth of new information on the evolution of bone-headed dinosaurs.
He told BBC News: "What's interesting about Acrotholus is that it's the oldest known pachycephalosaur from North America, and it might be the oldest known pachycephalosaur in the world.
"So what Acrotholus does is it extends our knowledge of the anatomy of this group early in their evolution - and it's actually important for understanding the evolution of pachycephalosaurs in general."
Relatively little is known about the diversity of small dinosaurs weighing less than 100kg (220lb), as they are under represented in the fossil record.
There has been scientific debate over whether the fossil record is a true reflection of the diversity of small dinosaurs or whether their more delicate bones are less likely to have been preserved compared with their larger cousins.
The Canadian study predicts the latter, suggesting there may be more discoveries of small bodied dinosaur fossils in the future.
"We can predict that many new small dinosaur species like Acrotholus are waiting to be discovered by researchers willing to sort through the many small bones that they pick up in the field," said co-researcher Dr Michael Ryan, curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

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We can predict that many new small dinosaur species like Acrotholus are waiting to be discovered by researchers willing to sort through the many small bones that they pick up in the field”
Dr Michael RyanCleveland Museum of Natural History
The discovery is based on two skull caps unearthed from rocks known as the Milk River formation in southern Alberta


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