Thanks, Paul. The name of that Arctic crater is fitting. El'gygytgyn does sound
cold as in El'gygytgyn Cracracra-ter! :D
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I saw something else on (I think) The History Channel with another life form
near Mono Lake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o2-xj_axpYfeature=related
NASA didn't mention anything about this, did they?
Carl2
Adam wrote:
I saw a show on one of the educational channels over a year ago
I'm not to crazy about brown rectums myself. :D Nasty!
Saw an spider infested vacation house in a island in Louisiana On Billy the
Exterminator the other night. Full of those brown recluses and other varieties.
Carl2
Those spider bites are no joke. One of my neighbor's legs is entirely
Yeah, me too. Fortuneately most sellers I buy from are on this list and have
already blocked this guy, but wonder how many auctions I won in the past were
jacked up by him. Hurts everybody.
Carl2
...Starting to take the fun out of meteorite collecting. At least for me.
Hello Svend and All,
Most interesting account! Thank you. As the Count subtly hints, I would not
correct anything. For those who haven't read this yet, Svend's account is first
class.
Carl2
...With a German-Russian-Swiss team we undertook a small field trip into the
Saquia
al Hamra
Hi Richard, All,
I don't know about private trades and sales but it seems like everyone loses
including ebay. Maybe more sales off ebay and payment with money orders...
On the other hand, maybe phony meteorites on ebay with an asking price of
$250,000 will disappear.
Carl2
Dang! I wanted to meet M B at Tucson when I get there. Hope they are well.
Is anybody compiling a list of all meteorite dealers in motel rooms in Tucson?
It would drive me nuts if I missed anyone. Thanks!
Carl2
Carl is cool. :D
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Hello All,
I bought a small piece of darkish green Libyan Desert Glass from a seller in
Tucson. He told me it was dark green from iridium. I had thought the difference
in color was from iron. My memory has been really terrible lately so I don't
doubt the seller at all. I know this man has
Hi Scott,
Great story and congrats to both of you.:)
Carl2
...So Yesterday we went Meteorite hunting on our 22nd anniversary together. It
was a sunny warm day it was real good to be out hunting together on this
special day...
Hey Ruben, Caught the first 15 minutes! Great job! Carl2
Ruben wrote:
...The NOVA ScienceNOW episode entitled “Where Did We Come From? “will
air on Wednesday, February 16, 2011...
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Of course you would, Mike, and I'll be the first to buy a little micro of the
meteorite from your website. :D
Carl2
...Assuming I would suffer no permanent or long-term disability from the
hit, I'd take one for the team...
Yay! Welcome back Mike and Robert!
Yes, Art, please let Mike post here again so we can all hear if Mike's new diet
plan was success or not.:D
Carl2
Chris Spratt wrote:
From Mike Farmer's Facebook page, he wants Art to put him back on the list
so he can tell full story of his trip.
Hi Mike and Robert,
Glad you guys are safely back and thank you for letting us know the story in
Oman. Something is a bit puzzling. I had read another post not to long ago here
that mentioned there was $250,000 to get you back into Oman(?). Not sure if
that was a bounty or some kind of
Let's see... Campo, Gebel Kamel, Valera, Nakhla...OK, since Brian Cox isn't
feeling very well lately, I'll be willing to be his stand-in. Cal-OSHA requires
protective gear, but I'm not too sure about Phil's throwing knives. I may need
to be far enough away to rely on my cat-like reflexes...:)
Thanks, Shawn! That was hilarius. Good production, too.
Carl2
Shawn wrote:
I think its time for a good laugh on the List :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAO01M56ZQ
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Hi Greg,
I don't know of any good quality Wisconsin fireball videos but why not start
off with Jeff Kuyken's Wonder of Meteorites (with his permission, of course)?
Can't get anything better, imo.
Carl2
Greg C. wrote:
I have been asked to speak at my daughters school on Friday about
Hi Henry,
Welcome to the list. I'm a newcomer, too, and haven't yet lost my head with all
my silly posts. Don't worry about it and just ask questions or comments. I
agree Anne, Mike J., Blaine and Gary are all great people! There are tons more.
Carl2
I also agree with M.B. I don't even think you can call this an UNWA. Right now
it's an unclassified meteorite.
If you can get your money back, that'll nice, but I'm afraid the seller may
just resell it to some one else as Kunya-Urgench.
Carl2
Hi Henry,
That NWA 086 slice you see in the bulletin is for sale. There is an ebay pic
but it is even darker looking. Refer to Mark Bostick (largecloset) or:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemItem=280421445703Category=3239_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2
Hope this helps
Hi Tim and All,
Thank you for this enjoyable program, Prospecting Channel:Franconia, Az,
Meteorite Hunting. I love these shows. Here's a direct link to this show as the
one provided by Tim (repost below) didn't work for me:
http://prospectingchannel.com/franconia-meteorite-hunting.html
This
Hi Regine,
Welcome to the list. There are a lot of photos that may interest you in the
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by o. Richard Norton.
Here is a classic of Tim Heitz sitting on a Campo:
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/May/Meteorite_of_Month.htm
Hope this helps.
Hi All,
I've been thinking of getting one of these for a while. Has anybody used this
for taking pics of micros and larger slices of meteorites? Is the cheaper 1.3
mp a better deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=370397412510ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Carl2
Good morning All,
Thank you for your comments. Actually I do not own any thin sections. I was
asking if this USB camera is good for taking pics of my micros and slices. I
like that I can view the subject on a computer screen before making the actual
photograph. Seems easy to do because I am
Hi Sterling,
Looking at thes pictures, Lucretia does look smooth with the exception of a few
small (more recent) craters near the top.
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM44DZOFBG_index_1.html
Carl2
Sterling wrote:
...If the impactor was weak and Lutetia was strong, the
tilty impact slow,
Hi Jeff,
Amazing photo! The solid grey area is from the Tamdakht that completely melted?
Nice!
Carl2
Jeff wrote:
That's a great Gao specimen Gary. Here's an example of amazing Tamdakht
'hitch-hikers'!
http://www.meteorites.com.au/collection/Tamdakht%20H5%205.012g%20(1%20of%205)-2500.jpg
Hi Jesse,
Welcome to the List! I'm a newbie, too. The Campo was my first meteorite as
well. Canyon Diablo oxides just means they've rusted and either collected from
falling off of larger pieces or are just found that way. A lot of hard to find
iron meteorites are going to be oxides although
Hey Greg, Hope you have a lot of knowledgable help in the museum. Family help
would be better only because it would be cheaper but you still need people that
know meteorites. Potential for burn out is very high for something like this if
you do everything yourself. Good luck and take care!!
Hi Mike, Chris and list,
I've often wondered the same thing. Were there any studies on matching the
Venusian atmosphere to some ungrouped achondrites or other meteorites, similar
to gases trapped in Martian meteorites to it's atmosphere?
Thanks! Carl2
MikeG wrote:
...I am going to take a
Hi,
Earlier today MikeG, Chris and I were kind of wondering about Venusian
meteorites. I looked back at the archives and found a bit of discussion already
between Sterling, Elton, Tracy, Howard, Mike F. and Mark F. on the subject.
This discussion was way back in 2003, before my time, but it
Collecting Godzilla toys.
Recently learning whip cracking with a bullwhip.
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Hello everyone,
It's been kind of slow around here so I thought I'd share this interview with
Monica Grady that I found as I was searching for more information on Venusian
meteorites. This interview was done back in November 2006. She speaks of Lunar,
Martian meteorites as well as the
Good evening All,
Sorry for being really dense about stuff like this but I don't quite understand
how a planet with a mass three to four times and a diameter 1.2 to 1.4 times
Earth will only have it's gravity only slightly higher? How much is slightly?
Thanks for the link, Count.
Carl2
Hi All,
Nuts! I can't believe all this talk about divining rods lately. So, I made
myself a pair from wire clothes hanger, following Warren's instructions and
went out to my side yard. My front and back yard are compeltely cemented over.
I made it out about 3 feet and the rods crossed over.
Hi Steve,
You should have enough room on your Meteor-cycle or Motor-rite (Or what ever
you call it) for a pair of diving rods. :D
Carl2
Steve wroite:
Depending on what does or does not hit the cutting room floor, we might get to
revisit this topic after one of the upcoming Meteorite Men
Good afternoon All,
This is just a shot in the dark but are there any work being done on this
meteorite as far as classification is concerned?
This was found in Oman in 2002 and since this is such an unusual looking
Eucrite I had wondered why classification was not done for 8 years. If it was
Thanks, Jeff, for the link! I was having some fun with this and found out
Bjurbole is pronounced (in English) as gerbil and not beer belly! I also
typed in NWA 001 and got an unexpected result.
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Hi Shawn, Chris and all,
Buried beneath this recent Mifflin mess was Shawn's latest Pop Quiz and
question from Chris S.concerning the first ANSMET meteorite. I, also, thought
Mount Baldr was the first. Was this a trick question? Seems there were more
than one who said ALH 76001, so I'm a bit
Congrats, Jeff! 'Though I'm surprise this was your first. :) Carl2
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Hey Johnno, where is this can of coffee from? Is this still available anywhere?
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/meteor-coffee.jpg
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Effective immediately, all sales of Digitites have been suspended.:D
Carl2
Don wrote:
...I hope you recover soon. Watch for infection. Just a thought...maybe you
can put that piece on eBay in the meteorite category, call it a Digitite see
how it sells!...
A stone meteorite fell into one of the villages of the Tara district. The
fall
was accompanied by detonations, while the sky was clear. It killed a pig. It
was carried off by a vagabond sorcerer, some of whom were still existing at
that time.
Bill wrote:
Talk about being in the right place
Good morning All,
Last week Doug Dawn (MexicoDoug) had asked if there were any dealers and
collectors who had certain meteorites available for sale, one of which was
Butsura H6:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5628354
I had looked this up in the Met Bull and was
How should S/2011 (134340) 1 be called? Any suggestions...
I took a look at Wiki and saw names like Fifi, Dinah and even Goofy. Might work.
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Hello Mr Jain,
No disrespect to you, but I'm still wondering why you think the 2 meteorites
you wanted to return was garbage? I understand if you're not happy with them,
then you are entitled to send them back for a refund, but maybe in your
inexperience those 2 pieces may be highly
Sorry again if I had hit a nerve. I understand you are entitled for a refund if
you are not happy. I was just wondering why those meteorites did not meet your
expectations? Size, color, polished,...?
Carl2
Carl, No disrespect to you but it’s beside the point on why I didn’t like
these
Hi Dean and All,
Why not try amazon.com? You might list a few meteorites under Industrial
Scientific and see what happens.It might take a while to build a meteorite base
but if you want to diversify, why not? I've sold a few things there (not
meteorites) and it takes a bit of getting used
Hey Steve,
You might want to put this first on your fact sheet: I am not from Chicago.
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Hello All,
I wanted to read what the Baltimore Sun had to say this morning. I found this:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/science/bal-md.meteor10jul10,0,6086909.story
I thought it was a pretty cool article.
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Hi Carl,
I agree both Geoff and Steve are class acts all the way! Btw, my mom used to
say the same thing your mom did. That's funny!! You don't suppose...Nah, our
last names are different.
One other thing, we should ease up on M.F. a bit. There's a lot of other people
besides list members
Yes, he's wearing a S.T. Command uniform. Not a captain, no braid on sleeves,
probably a Starfleet junior officer. Cool!
Carl
Rob Wesel wrote:
The telescope image is cool and all but I'm diggin' the top one where he's
in company with Einstein, Hawking and Galileoa new hero emerges.
Great idea! I would collect the set. Except I think the end times is when ebay
is flooded with shoddy bootleg figures from China with little pieces of slag.
Carl
Michael Cottingham wrote:
Don't forget the limited edition ACTION FIGURES complete with
removable vests, metal detectors, and
Hi Steve and Geoff,
You'll need a nifty slogan for your show, T-Shirts and merchandise. How about
these:
1.Meteorites are COOL!
2.Heads up! Too late!
3.I got rocks!
4.Will hunt meteorites for food! (food can be substituted for beer)
5.Mike Farmer is not evil. He's Mr. Furious from Mystery
Thanks Mike! That's really cool of you.
Here's something I just found in the news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090715/sc_afp/spaceasteroids_20090715172011
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many more in the world but I don't know them. Tough to name just one.
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Welcome Count. I'm a newbie, too. You say you bought from Mike, Steve and the
others- then you should know they're just kidding around. They do this every so
often just to fool people looking in. One big happy family we are!:-D Really!
Carl
Count Deiro wrote:
To all from a newbie,
What
Wait a minute! You found 4,000 Imilac individuals? Holy craps!!
Carl
Michael wrote:
and I found 27 kilos of small Imilac's one time, with about 4,000
individuals total. However, It counts as one...
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Hi Martin,
Thank you. It's funny you mentioned the Russians. I had contacted Mike Farmer a
few days ago concerning a personal matter and he also mentioned the Russians.
Not negatively, of course. I see Mike's last post concerned more info on them.
Carl
Martin wrote:
Well Carl,
It's
Hi Greg,
Yes, I know they weren't kidding around. A little damage control from one
newbie to another is all. I don't think he fell for it anyway. Actually, I
think this is a pretty good community. There are a LOT of great people here.
Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Carl
No, actually Mike
Hi,
When Michael first mentioned Ivan Skip Wilson, my first thought was, Here
comes da judge, here comes da judge. I did a quick google search and came up
with very little on the man. I will have to do more digging later. In the
meantime it would be great if someone with more knowledge can
Hi Martin,
You sent this message under another thread but I've been thinking about this
image ever since. I found the artist is Lucas Van Leyden and painted in the
1500's, but I'm wondering what is going on. Looks like a town or fort is being
bombarded but the man in the foreground doesn't
I read a similar description on another engraving with 3 nudes. The dress on
the figures, boats and ships look too modern and I thought Sodom and Gomorrah
was in the middle of the desert,anyway. I'm not up on biblical history, but
couldn't the daughters find any other women for their father?
So that's it! And I thought they were just kidding around. Explains a lot of
things.;-)
Carl, the gullible
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The more I think of this painting the less I'm liking it. Why? If I remember
some of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife turned around, viewed the
destroyed city and then turned into a piller. This painting shows the
bombardment and at the same Lot's daughters are already underway in
LOL! You're lucky he didn't charge at you. Those wounded animals can get mean.
You really must be more careful!
Carl
Darren wrote:
True story: I once shot Mike Farmer with a tranquilizer dart and fitted him
with a radio collar. Unfortunately the battery died before the next fall. But
it
Well, your friend taking pics is wearing black pants with white shoes. I would
go with darker color shoes with black pants or lighter pants with white shoes.
Even the body language of the E.T. behind him says it all. :-D
Carl
Mike Hankey asks:
...Look carefully at the third pic. Very
In the Fall of '07, Mike Farmer went to Peru
He saw a new crater some locals used as a loo
Soon the police demanded more money
So quickly he left Carancas, it wasn't funny
But still underwater, the stone is now all runny
Geoff and Steve are TV's Meteorite Men
They both loved meteorites since
How about one of the Beatles?
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=10904
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=11843
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Here's a better one. One of our own:
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=23723
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=24228
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Anyone have a piece of that one?
Maybe this man had seen it. This man should've had one named after him:
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=22599
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=17922
Carl, quitting while ahead.
If you look closely, there is a sign that reads, 50% off everything!
Semi-annual sale!! Hint, hint
Carl
No, that is just my sign METEORITES FOR SALE it is in neon and the
smaller print on the sign says check out ebay on your way by Earth!
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
Hi MikeG,
Where did you get that 9 drawer chest? Did you make that? I built something
similar made of cardboard. It was to be a prototype but it works fine for now.
I like those apothecary jars. Reminds me of an old candy counter at a
drugstore. Would the meteorites near to the trinitites
Hi Bernd, Mike and all,
They both have pseudonyms of Kem Kem and found/purchased in 2000. How do you
know which is which? Anyway, I thought NWA 001 was AKA Kem Kem. Oh well.
Carl
Mike wonders:
I wonder if there is any chance they are paired in some way?
Judging from what the Met.Bull.
Hi All,
What are those silicated Campos? Are they irons that have not yet completed
it's differentiation, similar to pallasites? Or are they more like
mesosiderites with the silicated material from an asteroid that have impacted
another asteroid to the iron core? Or are they something else?
Steve,
If there is a lawsuit, you should not be discussing this with anyone especially
on the internet.
Good luck. Carl, been to too many jury duties
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So far there are NWA 001, 052, 753 755 with the pseudonym of Kem Kem.
Anymore? should be at least one more with a H5(?) classification (Brian
Cox/PlanetBrey),but probably many more. Interesting topic.
Carl
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WOW!! Thank you for the links, Greg! You and Michael Cottingham always have
great stuff on ebay. I notice Michael's auctions are coming up in two days!
For those who may have missed them:
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/meteorite-collector_W0QQLHQ5fAuctionZ1QQ
and,
I'm not sure if this was mentioned earlier but during the Meteorite Men show
when Steve and Geoff were digging only with shovels at the Alpha site, the
commentator said, It's possible that the meteorite fall at alpha is more
recent than the one at Brenham so there is less time for soil to
Hi Geoff,
Oh, then it is two different strewn fields. I should have payed more attention
to that map of your SECRET Alpha site! :D So that was what Mike Farmer alluded
to in an earlier post weeks ago about the mistake for showing that map. What
ever became of those two large stones you and
Hi Joe,
11,000 hits per day in Skyrock? Man, those 5 members are really active! LOL!
I'm just kidding, Joe. I'm a member, too, and I've already taken advantage of
your classified section several times.:) Good work!
Carl
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Eric, It's 5:00 in the morning. Couldn't you wait until the afternoon to talk
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Sounds like Jackie Gleason.
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Pete wrote:
What a revoltin' development this is!
See if anyone remembers who said that one.
Everyone saying how they liked
My First Meteorite Presentation and I have to see it
from a scan BECAUSE MY COPY STILL IS NOT HERE.
What a revoltin'
Rats! I don't get the National Geographic Channel. :( Another can't miss show
that I'll be missing. Sounds like a great show, too.
Mike, great article on your front page news!
Carl
There is a National Geographic Channel program in final production that
should air in a few months that is
Good afternoon everyone,
Some members have expressed yesterday their displeasure in the recent threads
about alien life and movie/TV
trivia. Well, here're your chance to discuss meteorites. Several weeks ago I
had asked about silicated Campos.
There was only one reply (Thanks again, Joe K.).
Holy cow!
Mr. Rubin wrote:
There are three principal goups of silicated iron meteorites: the IAB-IIICD,
IIE and IVA groups. Recent work seems to indicate that the IAB and IIICD
groups are related. Iron meteorites that are thought to have formed by
...
OK, I think I see the subtle difference. I have had to re-read Dr. Rubin's post
several times to get the picture (Thanks to MikeG, too). Simplified, an
asteroid slams into another planetary body right to the iron core and forms
mesosiderites. That part I knew, but when smaller iron
No apology is needed, Dr. Rubin. You are crystal clear. It's just that I'm as
dumb as an ox. It takes a bit of doing on my part for all that information to
sink in. You've also explained the two inclusions in my little slice of
Muonionalusta! I had wondered about them as well.
So after the
Hi Elton and All,
I've read about the very slow cooling rate of the molten iron in various books
but I don't understand why this is so. Why would it take millions of years for
just a few drops of degrees? It's hard for me to envision this even accounting
for bombardments and radioactive
Hi All,
Sorry for the double post. I did not read Dr. Rubin's last message as he had
already explained it.
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Glad to see you here.
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Hello,
I've had some kids ask me some questions concerning the meteorite that created
the Chicxulub crater. I wasn't sure, so I thought I'd ask the list. Questions
have been condensed by me.
!. Since there are high levels of iridium, is it safe to assume it was a stony
asteroid or comet
Hi Bernd, Sterling and All,
Ah yes! I had forgotten The iron meteorite that created Barringer crater had
vaporized!
When talking about meteorites with kids the conversation usually ends up with
the dinosaur extinction. I can't think fast enough to keep pace with them!
Thanks!!
Carl
Good afternoon,
I just noticed most (if not all) of Michael Cottingham's meteorites are now 40%
off on his ebay store. I just thought I would give some members of the list a
heads up. I've already made a few purchases and got a really great deal on one
of his silicated irons a few days ago.
This looks similar to the one Mike Farmer found in Arizona a month or so ago.
It has a glassy look to it.
Carl
THIS is a meteorite that just fell only days
before some sharp-eyed fellow picked it up:
http://meteoriteguy.com/lamanchaspainfall/lamancha555a.JPG
I sure hope this is some kind
Hi Bill and all,
I've been expecting your response. No, Michael Cottingham did not recruit me
for his ads. Don't worry about that. Speaking for myself, I'm still a newbie
and just learning and collecting meteorites. As a new collector, the only way
for me to see and find any new and
No, I'm sure it was Arizona recently. Maybe some one can dig up that pic for
comparison.
Carl
I think it was found by Mike, but I believe it is an eucrite (high Ca) he
found in Spain??? not sure, but I think in 2008?
Talk about fresh... someone must have caught it with a baseball glove.
I found it! Greg Stanley was absolutely correct! Scroll down to the last few
pics. You will see Mike's stone that resembles George's strange rock. I had to
really strain my brain cells but I think I was confused with Mike's Arizona
finds because I was looking at his website at about the same
Oops, Sorry again. In addition to Greg, I forgot to thank Gary and Carl E. for
helping me jog my memory.
Carl
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