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"Geometry on a sphere is different than geometry on a flat surface — this is why airplanes appear to follow curved paths when you look at their flight trajectories on a map," Andrews-Hanna said.

Geometric shapes such as pentagons and hexagons ... Groundwater seeping up to the surface evaporates, leaving a crust of salts and other minerals that had been dissolved in the water.