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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@                                          @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ THE  EQUISETUM IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@# THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ OLDER  THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@# TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@               TRANSPARENT.               @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA  IS @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@# STACKED  UPON  THE NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN SO,  IT'S @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@# VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ THE HEIGHT  OF A  FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES @#§$*†»,..
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..,»†*$§#@                                          @#§$*†»,..
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@# SLICES  THE  AIR   IN  THE  FOREST  INTO #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@ SEPARATE PLANES,  A  FEW CENTIMETERS  IN @#§$*†»,..
.,»†*$§#@# HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN #@#§$*†»,.
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.
..,»†*$§#@                                          @#§$*†»,..
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.,»†*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*†»,.