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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: New Coasters Push Thrills, and the Body, to the Limit


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The Expedition GeForce roller coaster at Holiday Park in Hassloch, Germany, stands as tall as 20 stories and reaches speds of up to 75 miles an hour (120 kilometers an hour). New technologies are taking coasters to the edge of what the human body can handle.

Photograph courtesy National Geographic Channel