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They also thank the following people for their help in
obtaining images: Bernd Lethaus, Mark Brunsvold,
Rick Leach, Curtis Edwards, Howard Tang, Lauren
Gow, Dvir Sherpsky, and Hila Wachsler-Avrahami.
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