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*A Special thanks to Dr. Gregory Sandland and Dr. Thomas Volk!
*Thanks to everyone for the beautiful pictures on flickr: Safari-Partners, Sergey Yelissev, Schristia, Raja Sambasivan, C.K. Koay, Randy OHC, Scott Thompson, Gravitywave, David Bygott, Carrie Cizauskas, Pim, Joe Ross, Roger bth, Johnny Zed, and Bob Campbell.