THE EVER CHANGING WEST
Pah-Ute (Paiute) Indian group, near Cedar, Utah, in 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
Twin buttes stand near Green River City, Wyoming, photographed in 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Members of Clarence King's Fortieth Parallel Survey team, near Oreana, Nevada, in 1867. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
The Pyramid and Domes, a line of dome-shaped tufa rocks in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, seen in 1867. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. View from the plaza in 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Browns Park, Colorado, 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. A view across top of the falls in 1874. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
A man sits on a rocky shore beside the Colorado River in Iceberg Canyon, on the border of Mojave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada in 1871. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Timothy O'Sullivan's darkroom wagon, pulled by four mules, entered the frame at the right side of the photograph, reached the center of the image, and turned around, heading back out of the frame. Footprints lead from the wagon toward the camera, revealing the photographer's path. Photo taken in 1867, in the Carson Sink, part of Nevada's Carson Desert. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
The mining town of Gold Hill, just south of Virginia City, Nevada, in 1867. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
A wooden balanced incline used for gold mining, at the Illinois Mine in the Pahranagat Mining District, Nevada in 1871. An ore car would ride on parallel tracks connected to a pulley wheel at the top of tracks. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
In 1867, O'Sullivan traveled to Virginia City, Nevada to document the activities at the Savage and the Gould and Curry mines on the Comstock Lode, the richest silver deposit in America. Working nine hundred feet underground, lit by an improvised flash -- a burning magnesium wire, O'Sullivan photographed the miners in tunnels, shafts, and lifts. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
The head of Canyon de Chelly, looking past walls that rise some 1,200 feet above the canyon floor, in Arizona in 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
Headlands north of the Colorado River Plateau, 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
The junction of Green and Yampah Canyons, in Utah, in 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Nearly 150 years ago, photographer O'Sullivan came across this evidence of a visitor to the West that preceded his own expedition by another 150 years -- A Spanish inscription from 1726. This close-up view of the inscription carved in the sandstone at Inscription Rock (El Morro National Monument), New Mexico reads, in English: "By this place passed Ensign Don Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, in the year in which he held the Council of the Kingdom at his expense, on the 18th of February, in the year 1726". (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians. Near old Fort Defiance, New Mexico, in 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
The Canyon of Lodore, Colorado, in 1872. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
The "Nettie", an expedition boat on the Truckee River, western Nevada, in 1867. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
Man bathing in Pagosa Hot Spring, Colorado, in 1874. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
A distant view of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
Maiman, a Mojave Indian, guide and interpreter during a portion of the season in the Colorado country, in 1871. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Alta City, Little Cottonwood, Utah, ca. 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Cathedral Mesa, Colorado River, Arizona, 1871. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Rock formations in the Washakie Badlands, Wyoming, in 1872. A survey member stands at lower right for scale. (Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress) #
Oak Grove, White Mountains, Sierra Blanca, Arizona in 1873. (Timothy O'Sullivan/National Archives and Records Administration) #
Getting noticed for quality landscape and wildlife photography is difficult enough, but Kevin manages it with just an iPhone
After catching the travelling bug, the photographer has stayed on the road, capturing haunting scenes like this
He has to choose his lighting carefully to match the iPhone's limited dynamic range - but still manages stunning results
Kevin Russ has travelled around the great American West, aiming to photograph the 'essence' of the country
Fog with some sun is one of Kevin's mast favourite conditions to shoot in, as it has a 'nice feel' - and it certainly gave this picture an eerie atmosphere. Kevin Russ, a photographer from Portland, has been on the road for a year, and has taken hundreds of photos - all aimed at capturing the essence of the American landscape.
Wild, wild west: This looks like something out of a spaghetti Western film - but it's all reality, through the lens of Mr Russ' iPhone
The swathes of blue gives this shot an eerie quality, and shows the yawning empty pace that Kevin travelled to capture the feel of America
The photographer, who began photographing during his first year of college, says he has spent much of his year living in his car
The photographer says the advantage of having an iPhone is that he can keep it in his pocket and process his photos, without having to spend time behind a computer
Kevin said he spent seven hours over two days around these moose until they 'just cared less and less' that he was there
Kevin Russ said he just stuck his arm out of the window to capture this picture of a bison and says patience is necessary for being a good photographer
Kevin says that he enjoys sharing his photos with the Instagram community online, and regularly answers questions from admirers about his work
The free spirit says he uses VSCOcam and Afterglow apps to process his photos - which gives him the freedom to travel
The haunting blues and greys of this photo are just one of many extraordinary scenes that Kevin has captured
Dream job: While many will only dream of packing in their job to hit the road and photograph animals and wildlife, Kevin has thrown off the shackles to pursue his passion. His work involves more than just pointing his iPhone at a scene and snapping it. He told one admirer that for taking pictures of animals, he often has to invest a lot of time and patience to capture them.
His photos have captured the rich variety of landscapes that the U.S. has to offer - from the surreal purple-hued rock formation to the sandy-coloured plains
Kevin says his favourite subjects are wildlife, and his photos involved trying to get as close to them as possible
He says being on the road means opportunities will come to him - but he needs to have an open schedule to fully embrace his nomadic lifestyle
Unguarded: Peering into the camera, this wolf gives a piercing look as it stands in the rich green and brown-coloured forest
Surreal: The photographer, who has had no formal training, was encouraged by his roommate to develop his passion for photography
He said his project became an obsession and 'it just morphed into this lifestyle of living on the road' - now his photos have become an internet hit
High-power lights illuminate the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the span's 75th anniversary celebration in San Francisco, on May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Before the bridge -- Fort Point in the foreground, looking across the Golden gate (the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean), toward Marin County to the north, in 1910. (National Park Service) #
Construction underway on a pylon on the south shore of the Golden Gate Bridge project, ca 1933. (Library of Congress) #
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, ca. 1933. A trestle reaches out from the San Francisco shore to the foundation of the north tower. (Library of Congress) #
Work progresses on the Golden Gate Bridge, as seen in 1934. (AP Photo/Redwood Empire Association) #
Workers complete the catwalks for the Golden Gate Bridge, hundreds of feet above the strait below, prior to spinning the bridge cables during construction on October 25, 1935. (AP Photo) #
The Golden Gate bridge, during its construction in May of 1936. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Golden Gate Bridge, nearly complete on November 12, 1936. The warship seen passing under the bridge was on its way to attend the opening of the Oakland Bay Bridge. (AP Photo) #
Opening day -- the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrians on May 27, 1937. The next day it officially opened to vehicular traffic. (AP Photo/Redwood Empire Association) #
Traffic from Marin County en route to San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett) #
Military biplanes fly between the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge as pedestrians walk across the span during opening ceremonies in San Francisco ,on May 27, 1937. (AP Photo) #
View of Marin County, from the top of the southern tower, prior to 1968. (Library of Congress) #
Motor traffic crosses the Golden Gate Bridge,
Original caption: "Baghdad-by-the-bay 'a city you can almost cup in your hands and admire as your own personal jewel'. Through its narrow Golden Gate (top, right) it welcomes the world to San Francisco, June 23, 1960". (AP Photo) #
One of the cable seats, atop the south tower, prior to 1968. (Library of Congress) #
As thousands of people jam the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge during a bridge walk, one person walks across the span 220 feet above the San Francisco Bay, on May 24, 1987. An estimated 350,000 people turned out for the bridge walk, which kicked off the Golden Gate Bridge 50th anniversary celebration. (AP Photo/Doug Atkins) #
A crowd estimated at 800,000 jams the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, on May 24, 1987, part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the bridge. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) #
A dreary day view of the Golden Gate Bridge, on February 16, 2009. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) #
Traffic came to a halt on the Golden Bate Bridge as a deer ambled across the entire span on May 18, 2004, making its way from the Marin headlands to the Presidio in San Francisco, seen in this video frame grab. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District) #
The Golden Gate Bridge, as the sun rises over San Francisco, on January 27, 2005. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
California Air National Guard pararescuemen of the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield climb up a moving rope ladder, from the chilly waters outside the Golden Gate Bridge, up to a HH-60G Pave Hawk. Tech. Sgt. Mike Sampognaro, flight engineer, monitors the training mission from the troop door. Hovering only six feet above the waves, Lt. Col. Thomas Laut must fly with extreme care as he deals with gusting winds, sea spray, sun glare, and sea swells, as he maintains a "low-and-slow" flight. (Some may recognize this photo as the basis for the Helicopter Shark hoax photograph.) (Lance Cheung/US Air Force via Getty Images) #
A man takes in the view of the fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California, on September 24, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith) #
Cars drive northbound on the Golden Gate Bridge, on May, 8, 2008. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, above waves in the Pacific Ocean, viewed on October 24, 2008. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images) #
"International Orange" paint coats suspender cables of the Golden Gate Bridge, on May 24, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
Rusted rivets on the underside of the Golden Gate Bridge, seen on on May 24, 2012. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A cargo ship passes through San Francisco Bay at sunrise. (Kike Calvo via AP Images) #
A man looks over the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge, on January 27, 2005. A controversial film made by moviemaker Eric Steel documenting people committing suicide off of the Golden Gate Bridge opened a debate about why there isn't a suicide barrier on the famous landmark. In 2005, more than 1,300 people were known to have jumped to their death from the span since it opened in 1937. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A suicide prevention message on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California, 2006. More people die by suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge than at any other site in the world. (CC BY SA David Allen Corby) #
An exhibit of shoes in remembrance of people who have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge is displayed during a commemoration of the bridge's 75th anniversary on May 27, 2012, in San Francisco. The Bridge Rail Foundation, which advocates for a safety net along the span to prevent suicides, estimates approximately 1,558 people have died after jumping since the bridge opened. A marine-grade stainless steel net is planned, but progress on the project has been slow, and it remains unfunded. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) #
The Collaborators, a group of aerobatic airplanes from Team Oracle and Team Fusion, perform maneuvers above the Golden Gate Bridge ahead of Fleet Week, in San Francisco, California, on October 9, 2008. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith) #
A view of hanger cables on the Golden Gate Bridge, and the bridge deck seen from a car on a rainy day, on May 2, 2012. Images made with an iPhone 4s with Instagram's "LoFi" filter. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A surfer rides a wave churned by a winter storm underneath the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, on January 4, 2008, in the San Francisco Bay. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) #
The Golden Gate Bridge, seen from the third tee of the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, on March 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) #
The Queen Mary 2 sails beneath the Golden Gate Bridge as it enters the harbor in San Francisco, on February 4, 2007. The ship, currently on an 81-day voyage around the world, is the largest vessel to ever sail into the San Francisco Bay. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith) #
Ironworker Kerry Davis, who has worked on the Golden Gate Bridge for the past 28 years, stands at the entrance to the South Tower, on May 25, 2012. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith) #
San Francisco, the bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge, seen from orbit aboard the International Space Station, on November 6, 2010. (NASA) #
The Golden Gate Bridge, lit at dusk, seen from at Fort Point in San Francisco, on February 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file) #
Fireworks erupt from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on May 27, 2012. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) #
Sep. 3, 1938 - Sep. 4, 1938: Golden Gate Bridge - Marin End, San Francisco, California # Sep. 17, 1938: Street scene. Victoria, B.C. # Sep. 18, 1938: City Hall, Victoria, B.C. # Sep. 21, 1938 - Sep. 22, 1938: Hwy bridge over Columbia , central Washington # Sep. 21, 1938 - Sep. 22, 1938: More of the Columbia from its left bank, Washington # Sep. 22, 1938: Grand Coulee Dam under construction, Grand Coulee, Washington # Sep. 23, 1938 - Sep. 24, 1938: Looking up Along The Garden Wall, Glacier Park, Montana # Sep. 21, 1938: Leaving Rainier National Park on the way up to Chinook Pass, Washington # Sep. 23, 1938: Cushman Little old mining town Alberton, Montana # Sep. 24, 1938: north end of Flathead Lake, Montana # Sep. 17, 1938: A retired Britisker's home at Victoria, B.C. #
Feb. 1939: Pre-war Airplane over Miami # Mar. 1939: Wofford Hotel Beach Miami Beach # Mar. 1939: Jean and Charles on Wofford Beach, Miami Beach, Florida # Mar. 1939: South Bay Shore Drive, Miami # Mar. 1939: Across Biscayne Bay, from the County Causeway, Miami Skyline # Mar. 1939: Star Island in Bay Biscayne Miami, Fla. # Mar. 1939: Blimp over Miami Beach, from Million Dollar Pier. # May 1939: Road south of Miami, Fla. # Oct. 1939: Fall colors at Dune Acres, Ind., looking past tree-covered dune to Lake Michigan # Oct. 1939: An October Sunday afternoon along Indiana's Dune Island shore with the Reeds. Jean and Mary. Hank to right. # Nov. 1939: Pink Rock below Rim between Yavapai and Yaqui, Arizona # Nov. 29, 1939: Looking across Grand Canyon from Yaqui Point, Arizona # Dec. 1, 1939: Works of Man and Native vie at Boulder Dam [Hoover Dam], Arizona #
Jan. 1940: San Xavier Mission near Tucson, Arizona # Feb. 1940: Flagship Texas at Tucson Airport # Feb. 1940: Kangaroo Court along-side the Calaboose, Tucson, Arizona # Feb. 1940: Tucson, Saturday Afternoon in February # Feb. 1940: Tucson dude ranch, Testing out new saddle horse, Ft Lowell Rd., Tucson, Arizona # Feb. 1940: Tall sahuaros in foothills of Santa Catalina Mtns. North of Tucson, Arizona # Feb. 1940: Two Mexican boys fly a kite. South, main st. Tucson, Arizona # Feb. 23, 1940: Rodeo Parade, Tucson, Arizona # Mar. 17, 1940: Palm Sunday procession San Xavier Del Bac Tuscon, Ariz # Apr. 1940: Emmet Flynn as old Leather face in Movie "ARIZONA" on the set. Tucson, Arizona # Jun. 1940: Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco # Jun. 1940: Angel Island, S.F. Bay East Bay Hills # Jun. 20, 1940: California's Hills along Morro bay - Atascadero Road in June # Jun. 23, 1940 - Jul. 1, 1940: Sunday afternoon Band concert at S.F. Fair. # Jul. 4, 1940: Harbor of St. Francis Yacht Club Marina in background San Francisco # Jul. 4, 1940: Marina Beach Holiday crowd, Marina Beach, San Francisco, California # Jul. 4, 1940: Gayway G.G.I.E. Treasure Island, San Francisco, California # Jul. 4, 1940: Telegraph Hill San Francisco # Jul. 9, 1940: Lower end, Lake Walker, Nevada # Jul. 9, 1940: Tonopah, Nevada # Jul. 14, 1940: Hopi Indians. El Torar Hotel, Arizona # Jul. 18, 1940 - Jul. 26, 1940: Johnstown, Penn. # Jul. 18, 1940: San Jose, New Mexico # Jul. 26, 1940: Johnstown, Pa. Children of the Mill. # Jul. 26, 1940: Street Shower Hagerstown, Md. # Sep. 6, 1940: Drayman Baltimore docks, Maryland # Sep. 7, 1940: Georgetown Univ. High Tower, Washington, District of Columbia # Sep. 16, 1940 - Sep. 23, 1940: Row of old brick houses, half block from State Capitol, Annapolis # Sep. 16, 1940 - Sep. 23, 1940: Hillsboro, Virginia # Sep. 27, 1940: Harpers Ferry from Potomac river bridge, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia # Oct. 13, 1940 - Oct. 31, 1940: Posey County children. These live near the Ohio river at Mt. Vernon, Indiana # Nov. 2, 1940: Summer homes in Indiana's dune country Porter Co. at Lake Michigan # Nov. 17, 1940: White House and South Lawn, Washington, District of Columbia # Dec. 21, 1940: The Governor's Palace as seen from the Palace Green, in late afternoon, Williamsburg, Virginia # Feb. 1, 1941: Factory and mill smoke rise from Harrisburg's industrial valley. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania # Feb. 1, 1941: Pennsylvania farm west of Harrisburg # Feb, 9, 1941: Chicago's lake front skyline in winter from Northerly Island. Chicago, Illinois # Feb. 18, 1941: South Works, Carnegie- Illinois, from [91th] St., Chicago, Illinois # Feb. 18, 1941: Scudding mist, Calumet river from 92nd St. Bridge. A cold day, Chicago, Illinois # Feb. 19, 1941: Wrigley Bldg. and Tribune Tower Chicago, Chicago, Illinois # Mar. 5, 1941: Chicago's loop bldgs. Northeast of board of Trade Tower. Chicago, Illinois # Apr. 16, 1941: Proud grandpa watches solo rope skip. New Harmony, Indiana # May 24, 1941: Across south part of Country Club grounds. Chicago, Illinois # Jun. 6, 1941: South St. Along East River front. New York City. # Jun. 6, 1941: Battery Park New York City. # Jun. 6, 1941: Wall Street New York, toward Trinity Church. New York, New York # Jun. 6, 1941: South Ferry New York. Looking up into Financial District from South Ferry. New York, New York # Jun. 17, 1941: Stewardess of American Airlines takes in a tan on Lake Michigan Shore. Chicago, Illinois # Jul. 1941: Little Butch and big beach ball. Chicago, Illinois # Aug. 2, 1941: The flying concellos hag out their wash back of the Big top. Chicago, Illinois # Aug. 21, 1941: Wrigley and Tribune towers from Wacker and Wabash, Chicago, Illinois # Aug. 12, 1941: Old Otis home at 1709 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois # Sep. 12, 1941: Rainbow Bridge and American Falls. Niagara. # Sep. 13, 1941: South shore, St. Lawrence from 1000 Islands Suspension bridge. # Sep. 17, 1941: Thuya Castle Mt. Desert Island, Maine # Sep. 18, 1941: Boat harbor at Camden, Maine - late afternoon. # Sep. 19, 1941: The old Short House circa 1717-1733 - Newbury Port Mass. # Sep. 20, 1941: Boats off Rocky Neck, in Gloucester harbor. Gloucester, Massachusetts # Sep. 20, 1941: Gloucester harbor Late Sun afternoon, Gloucester, Massachusetts. # Sep. 21, 1941: Faneuil Hall, Boston. # Sep. 22, 1941: A wedding party leaves church. Boston's Little Italy. Boston, Massachusetts # Sep. 22, 1941: Downtown Boston From Cambridge Bank of Charles River. A Sunday Regatta. Boston, Massachusetts # Sep. 23, 1941: Provincetown, Mass. # Sep. 27, 1941: An old house in any old anthracite town just south of Hazleton, Pa. # Sep. 27, 1941: Manhattan's skyscrapers from Jersey City ferry boat. New York, New York # Sep. 27, 1941: Lower East Side Corner Broome St. and Baruch Place. New York, New York # Sep. 27, 1941: On New York's lower East Side, Lower Clinton St. New York, New York # Nov. 5, 1941: New Orleans River steamer Capitol, New Orleans, Louisiana # Nov. 5, 1941: Street in negro section, Vieux Carre # Nov. 5, 1941: Vieux Carre New Orleans, Louisiana # Nov. 6, 1941: L.S.U. campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana # Oct. 7, 1942: Chinatown. New York, New York # Nov. 8, 1942: The Marshall Field Mansion, Chicago, Illinois # May 29, 1943: Fox river in Evening sunlight Waukesha, Wisconsin # Jun. 21, 1945: Michigan Ave towers from LaSalle - Wacker Bldg, Chicago, Illinois # Jun. 23, 1945: Sheila McPeck at 8mo. - laughing. Chicago, Illinois # Sep. 11, 1945: Get out and get under-190? Cadillac At Rosenwald Museum. Chicago, Illinois # Oct. 13, 1945: Posey county farm house west of St. Philip, Indiana # Dec. 6, 1945: Two Steel Corp. ore boats at 100th St. bridge over Calumet river, South Chicago, Illinois # Mar. 7, 1946: North side of Sullivan St. 400 block. Chicago, Illinois # Apr. 25, 1946: C.B. and Q wreck, Naperville, Illinois # Jul. 5, 1946: Old [1872] St. Xavier's Academy 29th and Wabash. Chicago, Illinois # Jul. 24, 1946: Oak Street Beach. # Oct. 23, 1946: Stripped coal land along Ind. Hwy 63 south of Perrysville, Indiana # Nov. 15, 1946: Mary feeds Jackson Park ducks. Chicago, Illinois # Jul. 20, 1948: Hyde Park Church of 1895 comes down at 56 and Dorchester. Chicago, Illinois # Aug. 5, 1948: Pueblo at Santa Fe exhibit Chicago RR fair. Chicago, Illinois # Nov. 17, 1948: Wrigley Bldgs. seen from Mich. and So. Water. Chicago, Illinois # Jan. 14, 1949: Enolia Brown and brother Leonard Jr. at window, first floor of 250 W. 23rd St. Chicago, Illinois # Jan. 16, 1949: Ruins of fire swept Bldg. at 4600 S. Paulina St. Chicago, Illinois # Feb. 11, 1949: Final stage of fire at 9246 Harbor Avenue. Chicago, Illinois # Mar. 1, 1949: Food and drink Store at 1000 Maxwell St. Chicago, Illinois # Mar. 28, 1949: Confectionary cart at Lexington & Dekalb. Chicago, Illinois # Apr. 9, 1949: Rear of 611 Liberty St. Chicago, Illinois # Jan. 9, 1949: Charles Cushman in tweed coat and blue shirt. # Feb. 1, 1941: Univ. of Pittsburgh Late evening, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania # |
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