Helping American Communities Protect Drinking Water | NASA Earth Science at Risk

Helping American Communities Protect Drinking Water | NASA Earth Science at Risk

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been helping communities safeguard one of their most essential resources: clean water. These efforts are now at serious risk due to proposed federal budget cuts. When wildfires burn,  soot and other contaminants often pollute streams, lakes, and rivers and overwhelm downstream treatment plants. Communities like the city of Eugene, Oregon now use critical NASA Earth satellite data to map vulnerable areas for faster response.

Combining satellite observations with local expertise, these NASA-supported tools empower natural resource managers and utilities to better protect drinking water, allocate resources, and reduce damage to infrastructure.

To learn more about NASA’s Earth Information Center and how NASA supports water and wildfire response, visit: https://earth.gov/

NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is cutting NASA's total science budget by nearly 50%, affecting many Earth science missions. These funding reductions will result in the cancellation of 19 active science missions and end several planned ones deemed crucial by the National Academy of Sciences, including those involving partnerships with international space agencies.

Contact your representatives in the United States Congress, House and Senate, to express your concerns about NASA's severe science budget cuts and climate change: 

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

Review NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request (PDF) Documents:
https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/

Credit: NASA/EWEB
Duration: 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Release Date: June 17, 2025

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Strong X1.9 Flare Erupts from Sun | NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

Strong X1.9 Flare Erupts from Sun | NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 7:50 p.m. ET on June 19, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watches the Sun constantly and captured images of the event.

This image is an extreme ultraviolet view of the Sun. It shows the bright flash of a solar flare on the Sun’s upper right side. The rest of the surface is mottled with darker and lighter regions, and faint loops of solar material can be seen extending off the Sun’s edges.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare—seen as the bright flash on the upper right—on June 19. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in red.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.

This flare is classified as an X1.9 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

To see how such space weather may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center https://spaceweather.gov/, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts. 

NASA works as a research arm of the nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.

Image Credit: NASA/SDO
Capture Date: June 19, 2025

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China Mascot Youyou & Pavilion Banner for Osaka 2025 Expo | China Space Station

China Mascot Youyou & Pavilion Banner for Osaka 2025 Expo | China Space Station

🐼On April 24, the mascot of the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan—Youyou—blasted off into space aboard the Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft, along with the pavilion’s official flag, becoming the first-ever World Expo China Pavilion mascot to travel in space!

Though just a fluffy plush toy, little Youyou had to meet rigorous space standards and maintain strict weight control. After more than 20 rounds of testing, it finally made its way into the hands of the astronauts. Gazing at the starry skies, Youyou made a wish: May the Osaka Expo in Japan and the China Pavilion be a great success! 👏

Visit Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan—running until October 13, 2025:
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/

Universal Expos, or World Expos, are large-scale international expos that bring together countries from all over the world to showcase ideas, achievements and innovations. Held every 5 years and lasting up to six months, these Expos cover wide-ranging themes meant to inspire solutions to global challenges. They create a space where countries, organizations, and companies can present their latest advancements in technology, culture, science, and art.

World Expos aim to encourage cultural exchange and foster collaboration among nations, showcasing unique exhibits that are both informative and entertaining for visitors.

Famous structures like the Eiffel Tower and the Seattle Space Needle were originally built for World Expos, leaving a lasting impact on their host cities.

Video Credit: ShanghaiEye
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: June 18, 2025

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Liftoff: ChinaSat-9C Communications Satellite on Long March-3B Rocket

Liftoff: ChinaSat-9C Communications Satellite on Long March-3B Rocket

China successfully launched the Zhongxing-9C (ChinaSat-9C) communications satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO) at 8:37 pm (Beijing Time) on Friday, June 20, 2025, using a LongMarch-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province. The satellite entered its planned orbit smoothly, marking the complete success of the mission. This 5.5 ton satellite is designed to provide communications services for live television broadcasts over 15 years. This launch was the 582nd flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets. This replaces the original ChinaSat-9 launched 17 years ago this month.

Image Credit: Xinhua

Capture Date: June 20, 2025 

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ChinaSat-9C Communications Satellite Launch | Xichang Satellite Launch Center

ChinaSat-9C Communications Satellite Launch | Xichang Satellite Launch Center

China successfully launched the Zhongxing-9C (ChinaSat-9C) communications satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO) at 8:37 pm (Beijing Time) on Friday, June 20, 2025, using a LongMarch-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province. The satellite entered its planned orbit smoothly, marking the complete success of the mission. This 5.5 ton satellite is designed to provide communications services for live television broadcasts over 15 years. This launch was the 582nd flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets. This replaces the original ChinaSat-9 launched 17 years ago this month.

Video Credit: CCTV News

Caption Credit: Xinhua

Duration: 23 seconds

Capture Date: June 20, 2025 

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"Wishing for Peace on Planet Earth" | International Space Station

"Wishing for Peace on Planet Earth" | International Space Station

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

—John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

“Peaceful coexistence does not mean the absence of tension, but rather the ability to manage and resolve conflicts through peaceful means.”

—Nikita Khrushchev/Никита Хрущёв (1894-1971)

The sun's glint beams off a partly cloudy southern Pacific Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above. At top, a partially obscured SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft can be seen docked to the orbital outpost's forward port on the Harmony module.

Follow Expedition 73:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center

Image Date: June 2, 2025

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Milky Way Galaxy & Earth Airglow over Colorado

Milky Way Galaxy & Earth Airglow over Colorado

With our naked eyes, we can see about 6,000 stars, out of around 200 billion in the Milky Way. And this does not include many other astronomical objects!

The Fading Milky Way
Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time. A recent study revealed that perhaps two-thirds of the world's population can no longer look upwards at night and see the Milky Way—a hazy swath of stars that on warm summer nights spans the sky from horizon to horizon.

The Milky Way is dimming, not because the end of the Universe is near, but rather as a result of light pollution: the inadvertent illumination of the atmosphere from street lights, outdoor advertising, homes, schools, airports and other sources. Every night billions of bulbs send their energy skyward where microscopic bits of matter—air molecules, airborne dust, and water vapor droplets—reflect much of the wasted light back to Earth. 
(Source: NASA)

International Dark-Sky Association
https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution
Globe at Night
https://www.globeatnight.org
Night Sky Network (NASA)
https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/night-sky-network/

Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast.

Image details:
Taken with Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon 16-55mm f/2.8 @ 16mm, iso 3200, 399x 13s. Timelapse from 10PM-11:47PM with 5s interval.
Each frame was post processed in Camera Raw to enhance contrast and color. The Milky Way in Bortle 3 skies was much dimmer near the horizon and especial as the moon rose. The airglow was not visible to the naked eye although its presence was suspected by the hazy transparence of the cloudless sky.

Video Credit: Northern_Nights

Duration: 13 seconds
Capture Date: June 16, 2025
Release Date: June 19, 2025

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Earth Aurora Captured by NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim | International Space Station

Earth Aurora Captured by NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jonny Kim: "Caught a fish! Hope you enjoy this round of space fishing for beautiful auroras. If you’re wondering what the reflections in the lower left are, I made a rookie mistake of not having the shroud completely cover the window so you can see some crew activity (the cupola is located adjacent to one of our exercise devices)."

On Earth, auroras are mainly created by particles originally emitted by the Sun in the form of solar wind. When this stream of electrically charged particles gets close to our planet, it interacts with the magnetic field, which acts as a gigantic shield. While it protects Earth’s environment from solar wind particles, it can also trap a small fraction of them. Particles trapped within the magnetosphere—the region of space surrounding Earth in which charged particles are affected by its magnetic field—can be energized and then follow the magnetic field lines down to the magnetic poles. There, they interact with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the upper layers of the atmosphere, creating the flickering, colorful lights visible in the polar regions here on Earth.

Earth auroras have different names depending on the pole where they occur. Aurora Borealis, or the northern lights, is the name given to auroras around the north pole and Aurora Australis, or the southern lights, is the name given for auroras around the south pole.

Follow Expedition 73:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center / JonnyKim

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: June 20, 2025

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NASA Juno Spacecraft at Jupiter: Active Science Mission Canceled in FY2026 Budget

NASA Juno Spacecraft at Jupiter: Active Science Mission Canceled in FY2026 Budget

NASA’s Juno Mission is the only human spacecraft currently operating at the planet Jupiter. NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is cancelling all funding for the mission, although the Juno spacecraft can continue to capture precious science data on Jupiter with its 97 moons—at least four support the conditions for life as we know it. Why is this unique national asset being deactivated prematurely to the detriment of the international scientific community?

Moreover, NASA's total science budget is being cut nearly 50%. This will result in the cancellation of 19 active science missions and end several planned ones deemed crucial by the National Academy of Sciences, including those involving partnerships with international space agencies.

Contact your representatives in the United States Congress, House and Senate, to express your concerns about severe budget cuts at NASA:

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request (PDF) Document Download: https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/ (See Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request Summary)

Since it arrived at Jupiter in 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been probing beneath the dense, forbidding clouds encircling the giant planet—the first orbiter to peer so closely. It seeks answers to questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, our solar system, and giant planets across the cosmos. Each perijove passes near a new part of Jupiter's cloud tops. A perijove indicates the point in the Juno spacecraft's orbit when it comes closest to planet Jupiter's center. If we measure by volume, approximately 1,300 Earths could fit inside Jupiter.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott J. Bolton, of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program. This is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) in Washington. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built and operates the spacecraft.

Learn more about NASA's Juno mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/juno

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu

Image Data: 

Jupiter NEB - PJ35-61

Image rotated 90⁰, North to the right.

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Release Date: June 19, 2025

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China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage

China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage

🔥China commercial rocket provider Landspace conducted the first static fire of Zhuque-3's first stage propulsion system at 04:00 UTC June 20, 2025, on the newly built Zhuque-3 launch pad. Several factors make this rocket special: a stainless steel body, nine Tianque-12A metholox engines, and 7542kN of thrust.

Beijing-based LandSpace became the world's first company to launch a methane-liquid oxygen rocket to Earth orbit in July 2023, ahead of U.S. rivals, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) was founded in 1958. It was the first of China's four spaceports. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's historic space ventures, including the country's first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970 and their first crewed space mission, Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003. JSLC is now a home for many new Chinese commercial space launch firms, like Landspace.

Image Credit: Landspace

Capture Date: June 20, 2025

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China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage

China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage

🔥China commercial rocket provider Landspace conducted the first static fire of Zhuque-3's first stage propulsion system at 04:00 UTC June 20, 2025, on the newly built Zhuque-3 launch pad. Several factors make this rocket special: a stainless steel body, nine Tianque-12A metholox engines, and 7542kN of thrust.

Beijing-based LandSpace became the world's first company to launch a methane-liquid oxygen rocket to Earth orbit in July 2023, ahead of U.S. rivals, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) was founded in 1958. It was the first of China's four spaceports. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's historic space ventures, including the country's first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970 and their first crewed space mission, Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003. JSLC is now a home for many new Chinese commercial space launch firms, like Landspace.

Video Credit: Landspace

Duration: 29 seconds

Release Date: June 20, 2025

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'A Spiral Galaxy in a Bubble': Wide-field view of NGC 3521 in Leo

'A Spiral Galaxy in a Bubble': Wide-field view of NGC 3521 in Leo

Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is almost 40 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth's sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It is hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait though. Spanning across 50,000 light-years, the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. The deep image also finds NGC 3521 embedded in fainter, gigantic, bubble-like shells. The shells are likely tidal debris, streams of stars torn from satellite galaxies that have undergone mergers with NGC 3521 in the distant past.

The British astronomer William Herschel discovered this object in 1784. Through backyard telescopes, NGC 3521 can have a glowing, rounded appearance, giving rise to its nickname, the Bubble Galaxy.

Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas Chander
Vikas' website: 

https://www.instagram.com/vikaschanderastrophotography/
Release Date: June 19, 2025

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The Bubble Galaxy: NGC 3521 in Leo—A 'Flocculent' Spiral | Hubble

The Bubble Galaxy: NGC 3521 in Leo—A 'Flocculent' Spiral | Hubble

This image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3521 from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope is not out of focus. Instead, the galaxy itself has a soft, woolly appearance as it a member of a class of galaxies known as flocculent spirals.

Like other flocculent galaxies, NGC 3521 lacks the clearly defined, arcing structure to its spiral arms that shows up in galaxies, such as Messier 101 that are called grand design spirals. In flocculent spirals, fluffy patches of stars and dust show up here and there throughout their discs. Sometimes the tufts of stars are arranged in a generally spiralling form, as with NGC 3521, but illuminated star-filled regions can also appear as short or discontinuous spiral arms.

About 30 percent of galaxies share NGC 3521's patchiness, while approximately 10 percent have their star-forming regions wound into grand design spirals.

NGC 3521 is located almost 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). The British astronomer William Herschel discovered the object in 1784. Through backyard telescopes, NGC 3521 can have a glowing, rounded appearance, giving rise to its nickname, the Bubble Galaxy.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast)
Acknowledgement: Robert Gendler
Release Date: Sept. 21, 2015

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Close-up: Starburst Galaxy NGC 4449 in Canes Venatici: Small but mighty | Hubble

Close-up: Starburst Galaxy NGC 4449 in Canes Venatici: Small but mighty | Hubble

This portrait from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is situated just 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). It is a member of the M94 galaxy group that is near the Local Group of galaxies where the Milky Way belongs.

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy. This means that it is far smaller and contains fewer stars than the Milky Way. However, NGC 4449's strengths come from its ability to produce stars. This galaxy is currently forming new stars at a much faster rate than expected for its size. It makes it known as a starburst galaxy. Most starburst galaxies churn out stars mainly in their centers, but NGC 4449 is alight with brilliant young stars throughout. Researchers believe that this global burst of star formation came about because of NGC 4449’s interactions with its galactic neighbors. Because NGC 4449 is so close, it provides an excellent opportunity for Hubble to study how interactions between galaxies can influence the formation of new stars.

A Hubble image of NGC 4449 was previously released in 2007. This new version incorporates several additional wavelengths of light that Hubble collected for multiple observing programs. These programs encompass an incredible range of science, from a deep dive into NGC 4449’s star-formation history to the mapping of the brightest, hottest, and most massive stars in more than two dozen nearby galaxies.

Image Description: This Hubble image shows the galaxy NGC 4449. The field is dominated by dust that appears in dark red with scattered brighter regions of star formation as bright pink globules. The background shows countless blue stars peeking around the dusty regions.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Sabbi, D. Calzetti, A. Aloisi, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)

Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: June 16, 2025

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Planet Mars Images: June 16-18, 2025 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Planet Mars Images: June 16-18, 2025 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Mars 2020 - sol 1535

Mars 2020 - sol 1536

Mars 2020 - sol 1531

Very large dust devil at center left. Ovular bright spot at bottom center right is a lens flare.

MSL - sol 4573

MSL - sol 4570

MSL - sol 4571

MSL - sol 4571

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Celebrating 12+ Years on Mars (2012-2024)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

Celebrating 4+ Years on Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: June 16-18, 2025

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Planet Earth: A Case Study of Monitoring Sea Level Change | NASA

Planet Earth: A Case Study of Monitoring Sea Level Change | NASA

The city of Mobile, Alabama, is working with NASA’s Sea Level Change Team to plan for future infrastructure projects and to protect Mobile’s coastal resources. As sea levels rise globally, coastal cities feel the effects of more frequent and more severe storms and flooding. NASA’s sea level change data, in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data, helps Mobile and other coastal communities plan for a more resilient future.

Learn about NASA's Sea Level Change Team (N-SLCT):
https://sealevel.nasa.gov/science-team/overview

NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is cutting NASA's total science budget by nearly 50%.

Contact your representatives in the United States Congress, House and Senate, to express your concerns about NASA's severe science budget cuts and climate change: 

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

Review NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request (PDF) Documents:
https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/

Video Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Release Date: June 17, 2025

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