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####,,#### THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,,,###,,##
###,,,,### OLDER THAN MOST  TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ##,,#,,,,#
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######,,,, RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S ,,#,,,,,,#
#####,,### VERY LIGHT,  BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #,,,####,,
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####,,#### SLICES  THE  AIR  IN   THE  FOREST  INTO ,##,,,,,,,
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,,,,##,,## HEIGHT.   TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ,##,,###,,
###,,,,,,# THESE,   HITTING  EACH  IN   TURN  IN  A ,,,,,,#,,#
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