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Hayley Young

@almostarobot.bsky.social
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Interested in everything! Space, politics, gaming, art, science, I love rocks! I play Path of Exile & Overwatch every chance I get :D

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Curiosity approaching a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. The mission team named this crater “Antofagasta”. Check out Abigail Fraeman's latest blog post for more insights on the forthcoming study of this crater: science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... @abbyfrae.bsky.social #Mars 🧪🔭
A grey-scale image of the small Antofagasta crater, captured by the right Navigation camera of the Mars rover Curiosity, on Sol 4865.A map displaying the current location and path of the Mars rover Curiosity (Sol 4865). The rover's position is close to a small crater.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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The prehistoric shark found in a suburban town in Scotland
The fossil was so complete experts could see remains of the last meal it ate, 330 million years after it died.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Bonfire night tonight so we've got loud music playing all around the house to try and block the noise from the fireworks as our dog is terrified of them, it usually works very well!
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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A green heron catches the light just right in the marsh just after sunrise. #birds
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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.
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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
For #FossilFriday, walking with dinosaurs ~100 million years too late at the Davenport Ranch dinosaur tracksite (1st documented in 1940), near Bandera TX on a @geosociety.bsky.social pre-meeting field trip just 2 weeks ago. Tracks show evidence of herding sauropods & big theropods. 🧪🪨⚒️🦖🦕🐾 #ichnology
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
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Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Here is what pulsating aurora looks like in real-time, not sped up.
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Rob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Homage to Xavier Bou: little swifts at the Olifants River high-water bridge, Kruger National Park. Unstacked from video taken with an Iphone 14. #birds #photography #SouthAfrica #iPhone
A view of a river at sunset. By combining many exposures I have multiple images for single birds flying through the scene, making the appearance of trails. One bird flies in an arc across the scene close to the camera and the sunlight can be seen shining through its tail feathers.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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Roman coins found by detectorist could be Wales' biggest find
David Moss discovered 15,000 coins at a
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement is 'mind-blowing.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Derrygonnelly : 'Mind-blowing' discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement
A team from Queen's University Belfast was hoping to find the ruins of a castle, but they discovered artefacts dating back to the Mesolithic period.
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Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Comet Lemmon imaged again tonight from Kielder Star Camp... Seestar S50
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
12 days until #OreCup! We start at 00:00 UTC on Monday November 3, with each match running 24 hours. Any early favs?
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Andreas Fischer @afischer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) taken on 19 October from the roof of our garage at 135 mm focal length (stack of 192 10s-subs). Despite thin clouds and streetlights between the comet and me, the gas & dust tails are clearly visible in different colors. Brings back memories of Hale-Bopp #astrophotography
Foto des Kometen C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) mit bläulichem Gasschweif und gelblichem, gekrümmtem Staubschweif. Aufgenommen am 19. Oktober 2025 mit einer Spiegelreflexkamera bei 135 mm Brennweite, Summenbild aus 192 Einzelaufnahmen mit je 10 s Belichtung.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Comet A6 Lemmon from this morning. 0525 22 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
Green comet above centre. Floodlight post and tree to its left.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all. My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
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These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). 10 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Green comet at centre with faint tail above.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Fossil found on UK coast is unique 'sword dragon' species
Scientists say the newly discovered species of marine reptile probably met a grisly end.
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hello, everyone! In case you have not completed our survey on space weather forecasting, please do so by the end of the week. bit.ly/aurora-chase... #heliophysics
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Becky D @bexrousse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
#MinCup25 Two hours to go and hematite's falling behind! You might think it's just big & blocky & boring, but check out these #hematite feathers and vote wisely! www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Dione, moon of Saturn, from Voyager 1 on November 12, 1980. The wispy trailing hemisphere can be seen on the left-hand side.
A gibbous Dione from Voyager 1. The upper portion is out of the frame.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Absolutely amazing, huge congratulations to everyone who has worked on this! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 5: We’re going for namesake-minerals as bright meteorite-derived green #kosmochlor is up against the wedge-shaped indicator mineral #titanite.  Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 2 Match 5 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Kosmochlor vs Titanite Photo credits: Knut Eldjarn and Robert M. Lavinsky
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 16/09/2025
A satellite photo of a volcano taken from space FROM THE SIDE
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cosmos4u.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) - as it's now officially called: minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25... with new orbital elements - next to Spica in an image by G. Rhemann & M. Jäger remotely with a 12-inch telescope in Namibia: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The Cambrian marked the beginning of a fantastic flourishing that set the basis for life as we know it today. In my latest for Smithsonian, I take a peek at how everything from sea level changes to who ate whom underwrote life’s biodiversity burst.
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What Led Life to Flourish Roughly 520 Million Years Ago?
Changes to the world’s oceans and the rise of certain predators may have driven diversification
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 14: It's radioactive #cuprosklodowskite vs ephemeral #ikaite for today's match. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 14 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Cuprosklodowskite vs Ikaite Photo credits: Harold Moritz and Uli Kunz, SUBMARIS 2024 from Aðalsteinsdóttir et al
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Franck Marchis @allplanets.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There’s a new comet in the sky, although, as of Friday morning, it was not yet officially confirmed. SWAN25B is best positioned for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Because it’s so close to the sun, it will be tricky to spot. #comet #astronomy earthsky.org/space/new-co...
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New comet SWAN25B already bright but near the sun
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 5: Are you ready for beautiful utility as sparkling #Silver competes against hefty #Baryte? Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 5 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Silver vs Baryte Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 4: This match of heavy hitters is bound to end in heartbreak as classic #calcite faces off against futuristic #perovskite. We love them both, but only one can continue on to Round 2! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages @climateages.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Scientists found preserved blood vessels in Scotty, the largest T. rex. A fractured rib revealed mineralized vessels, frozen in time for 66 million years. Not just bones: this fossil still carries traces of life and healing. #SciComm 🧪
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The 66-million-year-old T. rex With Blood Vessels Still in Its Bones
Scientists used powerful X-rays to uncover blood vessels in a T. rex fossil, changing what we know about recovery and preservation When most people picture...
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Chrysotile vs Pectolite
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ESO @eso.org · 26/08/2025
A very hungry planet! 🪐 What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞 Read more: www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
A white protoplanetary disc at the centre of the picture takes up most of the frame. The elliptical cloud of dust and gas consists of some gaps creating a ring-like structure to the cloud. In one of the larger gaps/rings a little dot (a planet) is visible.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Hey cool, astronomers found a new moon of Uranus (steady there, jokesters) in JWST images of the planet! science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2...
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New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus,
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Devastating 😞 The smoke has been all around us at home today, strong even with windows closed. Much admiration for the firefighters and others doing their best to contain and put out the fires. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'North Yorkshire moorland could take centuries to recover from fires'
Emergency crews continue to tackle wildfires in the North York Moors as ecologists share concerns.
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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
A scene of ca. 252 million years ago during the Late Permian in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation in Zambia, Africa. You can see here various therapsids and a Pareisaur #paleoart #art #permian
Scene of Late Triassic Africa showing various therapsids and a pareisaur in their environment
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National Space Centre @spacecentre.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🌠 If you've ever wanted to see a meteor shower try and spot this one! On 12-13 August the Perseid meteor shower peaks with up to 100 meteors per hour. 🧭 Look toward the east in the early hours, around 04:00. ✨ Top tips and more stargazing challenges: www.spacecentre.co.uk/news/space-n...
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Judy Schmidt @geckzilla.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Apep. JWST. It's weird. Just look at it. From GO 5842: What lies beyond the inner spiral of Apep? Principal Investigator: Yinuo Han flic.kr/p/2riELBn
A nebula with a bright star at its center. The nebula has three distinct layers, and the pattern in the layers repeats in a way that implies there are more layers outside the image boundaries, though they would be faint. The shape of the nebula is something like nesting yin yangs, with the center smallest one bright and dense, shining, smooth and golden. The middle one is orange and textured like a sherpa blanket. The largest, outer shell is fainter, and red like an ember. Its texture has softened along with its dissipation into space. There are some small stars speckled around the image, and one annoyingly bright, spiky one that's got too many colors because of the way the light spreads from point sources through the telescope's optics. A pale haze of grayish cloud also covers the scene, but it is sheer and translucent.
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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today! This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures! I was commissioned to bring it to life #paleoart
Illustration showing a pair of Mirasaura perched on fern fronds. The green animals show their tall orange, brown and white crests while a small beetle flies over one of them
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Betelgeuse is a double! Fun to learn something new about a familiar star.
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Torrential rain with thunder & lightning over us currently, our poor dog is so scared of the thunder that she's gone to hide in her crate
A scared looking black and white border collie dog, she is laying down on fluffy bedding in her big crate
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Hayley Young @almostarobot.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Unique ice, 1.5m year old, to be melted to unlock mystery
BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could
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Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography @sjbastro.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
An example of the different colours of #NoctilucentClouds a display can exhibit (yellowish close to the horizon and light blue just a little higher up), from the display on 2-3 July 2025. #NLC #NLCs #Noctilucent #Astronomy
Distinct bands and waves of noctilucent clouds, coloured yellow low down and light blue higher up, with some trees in the foreground.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
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A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species
Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late Jurassic period roughly 145 million years ago
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Stereo3D view captured by Perseverance with her WATSON camera To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye. #Mars July 12, 2025 - Sol 1562 🧪🔭 Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A dual left/right stereoscopic image capturing some fractured Martian rocks somewhere on the western edge of the rim of Jezero Crater. This dual image is intended to be used to obtain a Stereo3D rendition of the scene through parallel viewing, and not cross-eyed viewing.
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Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography @sjbastro.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
A close-up shot of the #NoctilucentClouds display on 29-30 June 2025, showing the varied forms and blue hues of these unique clouds. #Noctilucent #NLC #NoctilucentCloud #Astronomy
A close-up shot of the noctilucent clouds display on 29-30 June 2025, showing the varied forms and blue hues of these unique clouds. Taken with a DSLR and 300mm lens.
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Will Gater @willgater.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#NoctilucentClouds last night as seen from South Devon. Haytor on Dartmoor is visible silhouetted on the horizon.
A photo of noctilucent clouds over a silhouetted landscape. The background sky has a strong twilight gradient from yellow-orange near the horizon to pastel blue at the top. The noctilucent clouds stand out as bright white-blue tendrils. A photo of noctilucent clouds over a silhouetted landscape. The background sky has a strong twilight gradient from yellow-orange near the horizon to pastel blue at the top. The noctilucent clouds stand out as bright white-blue tendrils.
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Steven Gawoski @stevengawoski.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Silurians in Gold 9/2019 24 X 24 inches [61 X 61 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #fossil #trilobite
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