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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving1.jpgThe Red Bull Cliff Diving world series came to the Aran Islands this week, where crowds gathered to watch divers leap from a 30m platform into the Serpent’s Lair on Inis Mór. The Serpent's Lair - or Poll na Peist - is a near-perfect rectangular hole, chiselled out of rock at the bottom of cliffs by Atlantic Ocean swells. Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan/Inpho
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving2.jpgWatching the spectacle at the Red Bull 2012 Cliff Diving World Series event. Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan/Inpho
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving7.jpgColombia's Orlando Duque launches himself into the abyss at the Serpent's Lair. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving6.jpgLook Mom, no hands: America's Kent De Mond eyes his landing. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving4.jpgAmerica's Steven Lobue pictured in mid-dive on Inis Mor. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving5.jpgMichal Navratil of the Czech Republic enters the water at the Serpent's Lair. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving3.jpgCrowds get up close to Russia's Artem Silchemko as he dives. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
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Diving into the Serpent's Lair
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/08/diving8.jpgBritain's Blake Aldridge signals to safety staff in the water at the Serpent's Lair. Photograph: Liam McBiurney/PA Wire
