Mystics, backpackers, new-age yuppies and thousands of others are expected to show up at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex, which will be enshrouded in darkness for one minute 48 seconds.

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The robot will also be equipped with an infrared optical system, which enables video to be taken even in darkness useful for finding the nooks and crannies below deck that pirates might try to hide in.

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And sometimes the challenges may be incredibly hard, and in the face of darkness, we may get discouraged.

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Without the earth's 23.5-degree tilt to the sun there would be no seasons, no variation in daylight and darkness, said Fothergill.

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Delving into darkness in true, good old fashioned dungeon-crawling fashion will be a big part of the game.

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Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing will be, in popular mythology at least, a brief moment when light flashes into the darkness.

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Abrams directed the Star Trek reboot in 2009 and its upcoming sequel, Star Trek into Darkness, to be released May.

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It may not be all darkness for Abercrombie, however, as some analysts are still seeing a ray of light in the company, which was once lauded for an extraordinary brand and product mix.

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And Iraq will never be a safe haven for terrorists who are trying to spread darkness instead of light, the light that started in Mesopotamia.

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