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###¤%$†»^¨                                          ¨^»†$%¤###
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###¤%$†»^¨                                          ¨^»†$%¤###
###¤%$†»^¨                                          ¨^»†$%¤###
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#¤$†^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^†$¤#
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##¤$†^^¨¨¨ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ¨¨¨^^†$¤##
¤¤¤$†††»^¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES.  IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨^»†††$¤¤¤
###¤%$†»^¨ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ¨^»†$%¤###
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###¤%$†»^¨                                          ¨^»†$%¤###
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###¤%$†»^¨                                          ¨^»†$%¤###
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¤¤%%$††»^¨                                          ¨^»††$%%¤¤
#%%$†^^¨¨¨ WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH  ENOUGH, IT ¨¨¨^^†$%%#
##¤$††»¨¨¨ SLICES   THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST  INTO ¨¨¨»††$¤##
###¤%$†»^¨ SEPARATE PLANES,  A FEW  CENTIMETERS  IN ¨^»†$%¤###
###¤%$†»^¨ HEIGHT.  TIME   CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ¨^»†$%¤###
###¤%$†»^¨ THESE,  HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN   IN  A ¨^»†$%¤###
#%†»»^¨¨¨¨       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ¨¨¨¨^»»†%#
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