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.^«/%&@@## OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ##@@&%/«^.
.....^/%&& TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY &&%/^.....
....^«§§%@ TRANSPARENT. @%§§«^....
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......«§§& STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE &§§«......
.^«/§%&@@# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S #@@&%§/«^.
....^«§§&& VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY &&§§«^....
.^«/%&@@## THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ##@@&%/«^.
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.^«/§%&@@# SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN #@@&%§/«^.
.^«/§%&@@@ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN @@@&%§/«^.
.^«««/§%%@ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A @%%§/«««^.
.^«/§%&@@# SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND #@@&%§/«^.
.^«/§%&@@# EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. #@@&%§/«^.
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