Iceland 2007

June 20th to July 5th, 2007, 2500 miles circumnavigating Iceland

High over Greenland

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No Yachts in Greenland

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Greetings fellow aliens

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Come on Inga, pay for Steve's car, he's waiting....

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Post flight beard and gordita

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Street sign in downtown Reykjavik

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Crisp architecture in Reykjavik

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A remodel in process

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10 P.M. on the drag in Reykjavik

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First Fish

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Steve had stuffed ravioli

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Incredible prices

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Passage through time

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Many lives

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The new fishing fleets of our time

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Whalers of the past

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Serious photography at 11:08 P.M.

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On the rift

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Near the mid-Atlantic ridge

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West says goodbye to the East

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Church at Þingvellir

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Gone but not forgotten

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Th original geyser

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Gullfoss Waterfalls

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Under a fjord heading north

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Water everywhere

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View from the bedroom at our first hotel

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Steve on location

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Windsock by a small air field

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Marshmallows

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Entrance to hell in the backyard

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My new girlfriend

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We had eyes for each other

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Waterfalls are everywhere

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It's Iceland not Greenland (really)

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Birds

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No Birds

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Lunch in Hellnar

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Wine photos, with sound

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Fish soup, highly recommended

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Beach walk

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Playing in Hellnar

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Frozen troll

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Sea arch in Hellnar

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Snæfellsnes Peninsula

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Arnarstapi beach

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Detail of previous image

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Arnarstapi

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Detail of previous image

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Turf house

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Road to the sky

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Fish course

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Vegetable course

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The other fish course (yes, same dinner)

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Black Church

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Breakfast of champions

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Fuel-o-matic

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It does not take American Express

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Fill'er Up

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The coat has got to go

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Icelandic fast food

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Lamb and fries

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Pony lips and beard

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Tail to the wind

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A Wary Eye

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A Spring Foal

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A good stretch

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Trampled by the wind

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Horse tales (tails)

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Fresh horse

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Earth glow

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View East from the Tjornes Peninsula

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Home on the Tjörnes peninsula

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Glambaer

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Olafsus Restaurant in Sauðárkrókur

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Pizza again

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This was a nice surprise

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Holar

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Horses in the Hjaltadalur Valley

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Turf houses in Holar

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Turf houses in Holar 2

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Turf house in Holar 3

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Turf house construction

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On the road north

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Whew... no one coming.

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Old template to label barrels of herring

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Museum in Siglufjörður

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How green was my valley

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Patterns in nature

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Great restaurant in Akureyri

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Just one of many courses

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Beautiful presentation

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Sunset at 12:45 a.m. in the parking lot of Fridrik V.

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Tech Room

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Goðafoss falls

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Goðafoss falls

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It's not a bird

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The discerning vintner

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Working on the blog

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Dettifoss falls

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Fish for dinner

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More fish for dinner

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It's hot down below

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Geothermal energy on top of a volcano

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Hot stream steam

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Someone else's movie

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Expanding bark

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Parking lot for Aldeyjarfoss falls

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Small falls within Aldeyjarfoss falls

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Heat, pressure and time

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Upper falls

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Getting the shot

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The Violent Past

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Getting ready for the shot

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Aldeyjarfoss falls (detail)

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Getting ready for shot II

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Bridge to Aldeyjarfoss falls

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Seemingly endless dirt roads

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Dettifoss falls

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Hraunhafnartangi Lighthouse

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Near Hraunhafnartangi Point

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The Blue Arctic Circle

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Spiral stairs and ship lap

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Abandoned door near Hraunhafnartangi point

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Turf house near Hraunhafnartangi

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N 66'31.829 W 016'00.765

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Looks like lunch to me

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Black sheep of the family

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Divide top number by 60

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Moss and flowers

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The high road

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Heading for the low road

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Here we go

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Coming to the sea

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Home for two days

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Winner of the dessert order

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Mine was taller

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Lake view at night

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Residents at the hotel

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Rack de l'isle

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Souvenir shop

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Great breakfast

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A race to the sea

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Hotel Aldan in Seyðisfjörður

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View from the table

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On the fjord of Seyðisfjörður

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Farm ruins in Seyðisfjörður

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Self portrait

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Another survival hut

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Mom with kids (literaly)

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Abandoned

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Wedged between sea and sky

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Portrait

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Lunch below the cliffs

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Cafe Margaret

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Best potatoes going

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We tried to rent it

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This could be home

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C-47 Dakota Transport Remodel

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Black ice

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Black ice II

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Obelisk next to hotel

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Road of scree

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Road hazards

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Ice cap anyone?

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Sea Change

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Frost wedges

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Glacier terminus

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Another view of

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On the ring road

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Grounds at Núpsstaður

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Turf buildings in Núpsstaður

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Barn door

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This Old House

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Rock garden

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Self portrait with Molly

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Tourist bus for fording rivers

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Our modern motel

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Molly calling home

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Molly and daughter

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They like phones

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Just landed

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One very dirty car

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Waves in Landmannagular

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Snowfall

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Heart of Landmannagular Mountains (detail)

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Colors in the Earth

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Earth Forms

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Foot of lave flow

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Springs in Landmannalagular II

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Road Worthy

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More serious photography

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Exiting Landmannagular

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Emma

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Passage from room to lobby

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Sneaking in for breakfast

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Former creamery near Selfoss

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Guarding the perimeter

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Lunch near Hella

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Just $120

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Just beautiful

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On the road into Reykjavik

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Seat belts

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One hundred exits

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$35.... just amazing.

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Geographic Trivia

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4100 km.

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