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August 8, 2013 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: The Giant Amazon Water Lily

Picture of the Day: The Giant Amazon Water Lily

THE GIANT AMAZON WATER LILY Photograph by The Living Rainforest Seen here is the underside of a Giant Amazon Water Lily, growing at the Living Rainforest. In 2002 it set a world record with a leaf that measured 2.65 meters (8 ft, 6.5 inches). The lily is a hybrid between the two…

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December 1, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Inside Amazon’s ‘Chaotic Storage’ Warehouses

Inside Amazon's 'Chaotic Storage' Warehouses

As the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon needs somewhere to put all of those products. The solution? Giant warehouses. Eighty to be exact. Strategically located near key shipping hubs around the world. The warehouses themselves are massive, with some over 1.2 million square feet in size (111,484 sq m). And at the heart of…

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