Weather.com - 4/13/13, AP

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. -- Authorities say a snowshoer is missing after a pair of avalanches in the mountains near Snoqualmie Pass east of Seattle.

Initial reports said as many as three people were missing, but officials now say only one is unaccounted for after the avalanches hit two separate groups.

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April 13

Wunderground.com - 4/11/13, Ben Fox and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez

PATILLAS, Puerto Rico -- A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave.

Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mishmash of noise. To experts tracking a decline in amphibians with growing alarm, it's like a symphony in which some of the players haven't been showing up.

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National Geographic - 4/10/2013, Nicholas Mott

Lava flowing from Karangetang volcano lights up the sky over nearby Bebali village on Indonesia's Siau Island. Karangetang is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, having erupted over 40 times since 1675—most recently on April 4, as pictured.

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April 11