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Article: A place of beauty, danger, misery, wonder: GEOGRAPHIC VISITS AFRICA'S RIFT VALLEY.(Arts)(Television)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 14, 1996
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Imagine, if you can, a tear in the fabric of the earth. They are rare, but dramatic when they occur. One such tear produced the Rift Valley of Africa, a place of striking contrasts where snow tops a mountain range that crosses the Equator.
National Geographic takes us on a fascinating, stimulating trip through this area in "Heart of Africa" at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday on WETA (Channel 26).
Tomorrow's program, "Fire and Ice," is a journey from one striking image to another. We see the bizarre plant life found high in the frigid regions of the fabled Mountains of the Moon - where, in the almost constant mist, plants look like dancers ...