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Traveling between Russia and China is about to get a lot more scenic. The world’s first cross-border cable car is coming, giving passengers a unique perspective of the two countries below.

The cable car will run between Heihe in northeast China and Blagoveshchensk in Russia, carrying passengers over the Amur River to give them a birds-eye view of the water — often frozen over during winter — and the cities on either side.

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