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###¶¤@†~~¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨~~†@¤¶###
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¤*~~~~¨¨¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¨¨¨¨~~~~*¤
##¶¤@*†~~¨ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ¨~~†*@¤¶##
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