A small group of Russian tourists climbed the guarded pyramid in the shelter of the night and took some impressive shots of the surrounding desert and outskirts of Cairo.
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Prepare to be dazzled. Spectacular timelapse video created from the pictures taken by the astronauts who worked on the International Space Station in the last 11 years.