Light as air balsa wood dwarfs loads in Ecuador
A caption explains how balsa wood, about half the weight of cork, lets a small girl carry enormous logs. Travelers watch crews unload logs at Ecuador ports as casually as tossing air. The wood’s uses include model airplanes refrigerators surf boards catamarans and prosthetics.
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