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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

Dusky Glow, White Sands (2026). Brand new gallery release! 39 images that form the start of a bigger project, "ARID" (one I suspect will take many years to complete). View the full gallery here: www.murraylivingston.com/arid #photography […] [Original post on mas.to]

sunset through dusky skies in white sand dunes with plants growing inbetween the rolling layers. golden glow in the sky and blue cool tones in the foreground

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

Mother and Cub, Timbavati Private Game Reserve (2025). My tracker, Shadrack, and I spent a week following this pride as it traversed the Timbavati, returning each day to the watering hole not 100m from our camp. It was a great joy to get to know these animals and […] [Original post on mas.to]

a lion cub backlit in the golden morning sun, turns its head over its shoulder to look back towards the camera

a lioness and her cub sit next to each other, cuddled, upright looking from left to right, eyes fixed on something in the distance

a lioness and her cub communicate intimately through what is called a "head-touch", a gentle rubbing of the foreheads together. a sign of love and trust

two lion cubs wander through the timbavati plains into the rising sun

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

I've just published a brand new blog post with some takeaways and reflections after nearly 3 weeks straight spent photographing dunes across the US. There are a handful of new images to go along the 5 key insights for better dune photos. Check it out below! […] [Original post on mas.to]

abstract and minimal black and white image of sand dunes. a big shadow cuts across the foreground 1/3 of the image, while two small dunes sit in the distance. about 2/3 of the frame is clear sky with two small puffy clouds

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

I've been more or less absent here the last few weeks — for good reason. Lots of travel, lots of photography, and lots of hosting workshops! Anyway, here's a new image from my time in Death Valley National Park the other week at a very remote dune field. It was fast […] [Original post on mas.to]

an abstract photograph of layered curving dune ridges. the image is fairly monochromatic with only a hint of very light blue.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

I'm very excited to be sharing my presentation "Scotland's Forgotten Ancient Forest" for FREE with Photoclub247. Join me live tomorrow, Thursday, February 5 2026 @ 7pm GMT. In this webinar, I share insights from my ongoing multi-year project, This Land Remembers, a […] [Original post on mas.to]

a melange of frost covered winter birch trees on a steep hill side disappearing into fog

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

An image from some of Scotland's most remote mountains. It's no small feat to get out here, but it's worth it every time. Made last year when me and Benjamin Maze took a group of awesome clients hiking and wild camping here; we were treated to all manner of brilliant […] [Original post on mas.to]

a boggy moorland of grasses and rocks dominate the foreground of this mountain image taken in remote scotland. white gneiss boulders interact with golden grass and reeds. the small lochan is perfectly still and reflects the partly cloudy skies above. three distant mountains stand tall in the background with a prominent central peak. the whole scene is dotted in a patchwork of light

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Inversion Sunrise, Scottish Highlands (2024). The recent cold snaps in the UK have made me think back to some excellent mornings a couple years ago in the Highlands where I explored a rewilding glen in inversion conditions. The glowing light and sub zero temperatures […] [Original post on mas.to]

two frosty birch trees stand tall in the foreground of a young woodland, framing a mountain scottish highlands which rises up through the middle of the frame in the background. there are atmospheric clouds and sunrise pierces through the clouds. the top half of the mountain is bathed in pink glowing light.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

I'm slowly starting to share more images from my multi-year project "This Land Remembers", an odyssey into the last remaining ancient native woodlands of Scotland (like this one from a brilliant Autumn morning in 2025). I also have an upcoming exhibition at Gallery […] [Original post on mas.to]

an autumnal scene from a birch woodland in scotland. backlighting spills through the dew laden trees illuminating golden grasses and bronzed bracken in the woodland understory. a rhythmic dance of 4 characterful birch trees are balanced across the frame

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025

A few abstracts from a recent trip to the Isle of Harris, where I hosted a hugely successful 5 day private 1-1 workshop. Enjoy! #photography #landscapephotography #abstract #art #uk #scotland #nature

A sweeping wave crashes across a beach with distant hills. overall bright but muted colours. abstract coastal scene

abstract coastal scene of crashing waves and hills. focuses on bright textures with subtle cool tones and a splash of warm colours in the upper right corner

abstract coastal photograph using ICM. grasses sway in the wind in the foreground leading out to the ocean and a lone conical hill

abstract coastal scene of a bay at low tide with sweeping curves. very desaturated almost monochromatic and silvery.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

Over the last few years, I've been on a journey to explore some of Southern Africa's wildest places, from ancient Canyons to the Drakensberg. These expeditions explore inner and outer landscapes: they are about tracking my wild-self, storytelling around the campfire […] [Original post on mas.to]

a backlit lion cub standing up and paying attention while basking in the morning sunlight

enormous cliff faces of the drakensberg mountains in south africa bathed in the red glow of sunrise

the great escarpment of the drakensberg mountains at sunrise, covered in pink and golden light. a ridge of jagged peaks extends across the frame

resting in the shade of an Ana tree deep in a remote Namibian canyon as the light filters through its ancient limbs and leaves

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Samhain [sow-wen]: the ancient Celtic festival that marks the end of summer and the beginning of winter — the moment when Beira the Cailleach, Queen of Winter, regains control over the landscape from the Queen of Summer, Brigid. It also marks the moment when the veil […] [Original post on mas.to]

a black and white mountain photograph from the scottish highlands. gneiss rocks catching sunlight sweep diagonally in the foreground while a rainstorm approaches over mountains and distant lochs in the back ground. overall, a dramatic moody scene

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

I'm back on the islands and there is a significant chill in the northerly winds this morning, but I love it. The changing seasons makes me feel alive. This image was made a few years ago as part of my project "Machair" when I rushed over to catch the last of a big […] [Original post on mas.to]

a snow capped hill sits centrally in the background of this coastal photograph, with streaks of dark peat in the foreground running like veins through the white sand. The ocean is tumultuous and frothy with winter rage.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

If you couldn't tell, I've been photographing a lot of Scottish mountains lately. Here's one from a rather turbulent day on a remote peak in the northwest highlands. There's something about the folklore and history of these spaces that deeply interests me. Images like […] [Original post on mas.to]

sharp sweeping gneiss rock comes in from the bottom right of the foreground leading down a mountain ridge. it is bathed in warm sunlight. the view leads out to a mountain summit in the dark shadow of an oncoming storm with a subtle rainbow coming in from the right hand side

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

The northwest Scottish Highlands at it best, viewed from a very remote wee hilltop. Pre-dawn light really complimented this scene nicely, creating a lovely glow across the gneiss and lochan in the foreground. Pictured are Ruadh Stac Mor (Big Red Stack), a clear change […] [Original post on mas.to]

a photograph of the remote northwest scottish highlands, featuring a sweeping foreground of gneiss, autumnal coloured deer grass, a wee lochan on the right hand side. These elements all converge towards two mountains in the distance. The scene is illuminated by soft glowing pre-dawn light with clear skies above.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

Sometimes the classic views are classic for a reason! This image is just before sunset from a recent summit camp in Torridon with pretty spectacular photographic conditions. It was awesome to finally get this location in good light - one that I had previously […] [Original post on mas.to]

$Sgurr Mor at sunset atop Beinn Alligin in Torridon from a recent summit wild camp. Bulbous torridonian sandstone dominates the foreground with fractures that lead the eye out to a conical peak bathed in golden sunset light. mostly clear skies lie above with a few dotted clouds around and some colourful haze in the distance.$

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

"Battle of The Cailleach and Brigid", from a hugely successful Northwest Highlands Photography Adventure a couple weeks ago. The reviews have also started to come in: "[The trip was] beyond anything I could have imagined. The scenery was absolutely stunning—remote […] [Original post on mas.to]

a dramatic scottish highlands scene of a wide glen bordered by mountains. Dark looming storm clouds rush in off the coast while a burst of light strikes from the right, causing a rainbow right over the central loch and beautiful colours of gold and blue across the photo.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Pinebow, Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest (2024). The cover image for my 2026 Calendar collaboration with Trees for Life! A spectacular evening spent exploring some of the native pine remnants on the west coast with a double rainbow to boot. This area is […] [Original post on mas.to]

A double rainbow frames sunlit scots pine trees in the foreground. a loch appears in the distance with a large mountain in deep shadow overhead, flanked by moody clouds. overall a dramatic scene of the scottish highlands.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

The Quiver Tree Forest of South Africa. What an exceptional place: otherworldly, strange, slightly eerie, but utterly fascinating. It's somewhere I'll continue to return to again and again; there's nothing quite like the solitude and quietness of the Karoo desert […] [Original post on mas.to]

an orange burst of sunset through a large old quiver tree, with the desert fading off into the distance and blue skies with high clouds above.

twilight in the quiver tree forest as the fading sunset softly illuminates the side of a quiver tree. the perspective of the photograph is right underneath the tree's canopy, with a reaching branch framing the view of a distant hill. The moon glows through high clouds

backlit quiver trees stand shoulder to shoulder along a ridgeline glowing in the rising sun.

a photograph from deep in the quiver tree forest; a gulley has been eroded by flash floods dotted with small bushes. the view is framed by trees on the left and right and opens up in the middle to a flat topped hill in the distance. wispy high clouds adorn a brilliant blue sky

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2025

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay ! This is one of my favourite images from last autumn in Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest. In the dark of morning, I hiked up this pathless steep sided hill to gain a view over the magnificent glen beyond and was treated to an […] [Original post on mas.to]

a vertical format photograph of an autumnal scottish glen, with a foreground of orange grasses and rocks, scots pine saplings, leading to a wider glen featuring lochs and mountains beyond. sunrise light cuts across the scene with puffy clouds above

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

Rocklands Sunrise, South Africa (2025). Gorgeous light spilling through this enchanted landscape. #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #photography #southafrica

a sunrise crests a rocky ridgeline, bursting with light. the foreground is covered in fine plants and white flowers just beginning to catch the morning warmth. sandstone cliffs roll from left to right.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

Two frozen birch trees in Scotland's regenerating Caledonian Forest gesturing to each other on a steep bank. Just incredible conditions to explore this glen. #photography #photo #scotland #nature #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape

A photograph of two winter birch trees in fog. The trees angle inwards towards each other on a steep heathery bank; everything in the image is covered in a brilliant white frost.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2025

Light, rain, ancient pines, mountains, snow dusted peaks... Scotland at its finest. #photography #scotland #mountains #hiking #landscape #nature

an ancient pine tree lines the heathered bank of a small river stream, with light spilling in from the sunrise to the east onto conical snowcapped mountains in the distance.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2025

Fisherfield Birch, Scotland (2024). Last minute availability! Due to a cancellation, 1x place has opened up to join myself and Benjamin Maze this September 2025 on a photography backpacking adventure into the remotest part of Scotland's Northwest Highlands. See […] [Original post on mas.to]

The view as you head over a small plateau and down this small gulch is extraordinary: a sweeping glen opens up, resplendent with lochs, looming mountains, and even remnants of the Ancient Caledonian Forest. On our trip, we'll be visiting the far side of these impressive remote peaks. This image was made at sunset just as the last of the light was backlighting the foreground birch tree's young spring leaves.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

Brad Carr and I spent a few days exploring the Scottish Caledonian #Forest as preparation for our photography retreat there later this year. Two 4am sunrises were fruitful in finding areas of interest that will be ideal for autumn colour, as well as talking through […] [Original post on mas.to]

A complex summer woodland scene with a sea of verdant green ferns in the foreground and a row of swaying birch trees arranged across the frame.

A photograph of multi-stemmed birch tree with bright green leaves backlit by the rising sun. The background is the still reflection of the loch beyond, offsetting the silhouette of the birch tree in the foreground nicely.

a wider loch-side scene of windswept grasses, rocks, and birch trees surrounding a peninsula. there are a number of petrified tree stumps indicating the rising and falling of the loch's water level and the recent regeneration of the woodland.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2025

Along the Orange River, April 2025. Some images from a brilliant few days at a friend's farm earlier this year. What a special & remote place. As one of the longest in Southern Africa, the Orange River runs from its source high in the Drakensberg Mountains for 2432km […] [Original post on mas.to]

A burst of sunrise light peaks out over the horizon in a sunstar, flooding the foreground grasses with light. The grasses have large seed heads which are illuminated and glowing interspersed by a rocky landscape.

rocks and lush green grass flow through the foreground leading out to a river in the distance with small rolling hills. the image was made in blue hour with the band of venus and earth shadow in the sky creating wonderful pastel colours throughout the frame

A slice of the orange river is seen far in the distance, but the focus of the image is soft pre-dawn light across a rolling green landscape dotted with small shrubs and trees.

Prominent rocks and beautiful detailed grasses catch afternoon the light right along side the Orange River which flows diagonally through the frame. A partly cloudy blue sky day overhead contrasts the colours of the orange rocks in the foreground.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

Images from an amazing stay at Sanbona Dwyka Tented Camp in May, one of many unique stops on my Western Cape photo safaris. We had an action packed three days on the #wildlife reserve, including female lionesses on a Kudu carcass, approaching cheetah cubs on foot, and […] [Original post on mas.to]

a lionness after feeding with a face marked by kudu blood, walking through lush colour fynbos plants.

Rolling green hills catching morning light in south africa.

a lionness rests after feeding on a kudu, basking in some gentle light with a wide open vista beyond

backlit elephants approaching out of the thick bush, with one large adult leading the pack

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

Ah, summer in the Highlands! What a joy it was to spend the last few weeks exploring some of my favourite glens in resplendent greens and golden light. These last years I've spent much of my efforts focused on the other "better" seasons (this is of course a fallacy) […] [Original post on mas.to]

Two scots pine trees stand on a small hill illuminated by morning side light. the glen drops steeply behind them before rising again in the distance, covered in ancient forest. the foreground features regenerating ground cover, with bracken, birch, pines, and heather.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2025

It's been a minute since I posted... Here's an overlooked image I've just found while looking back at photos from the Isle of Harris for an upcoming article about long-term projects. #LandscapePhotography #uk #UnitedKingdom #scotland #ocean #nature #NaturePhotography

A winter scene from the Isle of Harris, Scotland. Golden light rakes across wind strewn marram grasses in the foreground while clouds float above the island of taransay off in the distance. Dark moody ocean lies between the two, dramatically contrasted by the ground covered head to toe in snow.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2025

Nestled Gems, Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest (2024). Some brilliant ferns caught my attention, followed by the central pine perfectly fitting within the shape of a golden birch tree beyond, all sat in a framed view of the wider forest. Awesome conditions in a […] [Original post on mas.to]

An autumn woodland scene with brilliant golden ferns in the foreground leading you down a steep slope to a central Scots pine tree. The view is framed by yellow birches and the wider Caledonian forest lies beyond.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2025

"The Sound of Rain", Scotland (2024). From an early morning scout down on a loch shore, I initially went to see what these small ponds would look like facing in the complete other direction. When I approached on foot, I came over a small crest and was suddenly […] [Original post on mas.to]

Raindrops cover the surface of a pond surrounded by autumnal heather and grasses. The scene is framed by a triangular wintery mountain peak basking in morning light and a scattering of ancient pine trees.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

A steep slope of bronzed bracken remained in deep shadow against a collection of backlit birch trees. A gentle fog was lifting creating atmospherics and bringing out the vibrancy of the golden leaves. I remember it was very important to me to include the entirety of […] [Original post on mas.to]

A tender scene from a calming morning spent in the Caledonian Forest, Autumn 2024. Golden leaves, bronzed ferns, light, and fog. What more can you ask for!

Myself and Brad Carr are hosting an autumn photography creative retreat exploring these Scottish woodlands later this year — there are just 4 places left!

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2025

One of the finest views in #Scotland sits amidst the towering #mountains of Torridon. The summit itself is a flat shelf with steep drops to the south, providing an uninterrupted vista of the expansive glen beyond. The mountain itself is not on many people's lists; not […] [Original post on mas.to]

a black and white photograph of a mountain vista in scotland, with raking light filling an expansive glen below, and a fine ridgeline dancing across the sky.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2025

@geoff_eg reminded me that it's been exactly a year since I guided him and a group of fellow photographers on a 75km backpacking trip across the Northern Drakensberg Traverse. What a special trip it was! Here's a view from the morning of day 2, looking back to a dry […] [Original post on mas.to]

Golden sunrise light illuminates the peak of a sheer mountain summit, with cliffs descending 1000m into a valley below. Swirling clouds above create luminous atmosphere while the rocky foreground is covered in textured grasses and green plants.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025

It's often quite tricky to find simplicity in the northwest highlands of #Scotland. A blanket of deep snow helps! I have had my eye on these lone birch trees for years wondering how I was going to make an image here, and finally one wintery morning the conditions […] [Original post on mas.to]

A highly minimalist black and white image of two birch trees in deep winter snow that is almost like a pencil sketch. The foreground tree darts across the frame diagonally, half covered in windblown snow. A second tree sits under its branches in the distance, a mere faint ghost in the landscape.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2025

A minimalist image from a pretty spectacular morning exploring inversion conditions in the Scottish highlands. Watch the vlog (nice relaxed vibe for the weekend) and behind the scenes here: youtu.be/3UCNzNiLGfY #mountains #landscape #LandscapePhotography […] [Original post on mas.to]

A peak glows with morning light through a cloud inversion, with a frozen loch below featuring a brilliant s-curve leading the viewers eye right to the mountain.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025

"Pinewood Fantasy", Ancient Caledonian Forest #Scotland (2024). I never imagined in my wildest dreams I'd experience a morning like this in the notoriously warm & wet northwest highlands. A friend, Marc, and I trudged through waist deep snow for about 45 minutes […] [Original post on mas.to]

scots pine surround a frozen lochan in a winter wonderland, with snow covering every inch of the landscape in a thick blizzard.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025

"Unveiled", Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest (2024). An image from a special morning exploring fog, light, and autumnal colours in a glen filled with brilliant trees. Running around making the most of the conditions, I particularly loved the backlight on the […] [Original post on mas.to]

light rays break through a foggy woodland bathing rusty autumnal ferns in golden light. birch trees dissolve into light

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