Depth Check
00:00 - 00:51
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The group of women encounter a chasm, and Juno tells everyone to freeze. She ignites a flame and tosses it across the chasm so they can inspect the obstacle they have encountered. She then throws a rock down the chasm in an attempt to measure its depth.

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