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Rays of light beam down on mist from the mighty Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Ancient lore has it that a deity planned to marry an aborigine woman, but when she fled with her lover in a canoe down the Iguazu, the angry god sliced the river and damned the lovers to an eternal fall. Brazil's rain forests are full of ancient cultures as well as complex ecosystems; unfortunately, both have become increasingly endangered by deforestation.
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