<story><title>Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100459262/giant-sinkhole-china-ancient-forest</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kristjansson</author><text>It cannot be overstated that _none_ of the accompanying images on reports of this actually depict the location in question.  AFAICT, only the CCTV&amp;#x2F;CGTN state-media video[1] shows actual location, and the images are ... far less dramatic the the stock photos other outlets have chosen to run with.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=C3QTq6tQfhY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=C3QTq6tQfhY&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>meatsock</author><text>I also wanted to see some original source images. As in times past, a random slashdot user [1] comes through in a pinch: [2]&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.slashdot.org&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1732226&amp;#x2F;ancient-forest-found-at-bottom-of-huge-sinkhole-in-china#comments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.slashdot.org&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1732226&amp;#x2F;ancient-for...&lt;/a&gt;
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<story><title>Scientists discover an ancient forest inside a giant sinkhole in China</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100459262/giant-sinkhole-china-ancient-forest</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kristjansson</author><text>It cannot be overstated that _none_ of the accompanying images on reports of this actually depict the location in question.  AFAICT, only the CCTV&amp;#x2F;CGTN state-media video[1] shows actual location, and the images are ... far less dramatic the the stock photos other outlets have chosen to run with.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=C3QTq6tQfhY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=C3QTq6tQfhY&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arc-in-space</author><text>What do you mean, less dramatic! That&amp;#x27;s amazing. Except for the ill-fitting music.</text></comment>