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A cabin along Alaska's Arctic coast was recently washed into the ocean because the bluff it was sitting on eroded away.

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From the Sound Waves Newletter article, "Erosion Doubles Along Part of Alaska's Arctic Coast — Cultural and Historical Sites Lost" at http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/05/research2.html

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Image Dimensions: 1000 x 750

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Location Taken: AK, US