| So where once you have got the bug should
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| | make that holiday abroad (or in the UK)
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| a beginner to scuba diving go?
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| | one to remember..
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| You might think that as a beginner or
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| | You see, beyond exploring reefs and other
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| basic scuba diver your choices of truly
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| | underwater inhabitants of the deep,
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| amazing or exotic aquatic experiences are
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| | probably one of the most exciting,
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| somewhat limited. Not true, indeed even
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| | interesting and challenging dives for the
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| for the beginning Scuba Diver holding an
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| | recreational scuba diver is the Wreck
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| entry-level Scuba certification the world
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| | Dive. Wreck diving requires particular
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| truly is your Ocean - or River, Lake or
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| | skills, and specialty certification is
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| Stream for that matter.
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| | required before taking on the challenges
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| Some of the most exotic and popular dive
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| | of exploring a sunken ship or other wreck
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| sites in the world like Costa Rica, Fiji,
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| | (so this is not for the beginner), but
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| Thailand even Australia have sites for
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| | the additional training is well worth it.
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| beginners as well as the advanced or
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| | Underwater wrecks are fascinating not
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| experienced diver and for the UK resident
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| | only because of the history and the eerie
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| who can’t get that far, there are
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| | feeling one gets exploring the decks and
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| ‘safe’ dive locations around
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| | corridors of a vessel that once plied the
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| our own coasts, the water too being
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| | surface, but underwater wrecks become
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| crystal clear in places off the Scottish
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| | havens for all manner of aquatic flora
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| coast for example. Further away places
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| | and fauna. And while you do need an
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| like Florida and the Florida Keys offer
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| | advanced scuba certification to become
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| some of the most extensive dive areas and
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| | wreck diver certified, contrary to
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| different Scuba Diving environments that
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| | popular belief, wrecks are not
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| are easy enough for beginning divers but
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| | necessarily deep-water dives; in fact
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| diverse enough to return again and again.
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| | there are many popular and interesting
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| For example Scuba Diving Magazine rated
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| | wreck dives that take place in relatively
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| Islamorada in the Florida Keys the number
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| | shallow waters.
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| one dive site for beginners. There you
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| | Wrecks are it seems so irresistible to
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| can find many dive sites like the fully
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| | scuba divers, that not all wrecks are
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| protected Alligator Reef Sanctuary, this
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| | ships that met with a tragic fate in open
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| 25 ft dive is located only 3.5 miles off
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| | waters, many wrecks being sunk
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| the coast of Islamorada and is ideal for
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| | intentionally for scuba divers to
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| snorklers and beginner Scuba Divers. Safe
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| | explore, or to be part of
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| and easy and crystal clear, Alligator
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| | "artificial reefs" and build up
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| Reef - don't worry it's named for a
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| | marine habitats. In either case, there is
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| nearby wreck the USS Alligator not the
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| | nothing quite like descending through the
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| reptile - is home to the largest variety
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| | waters, bubbles trailing off behind you,
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| of fish species in the keys. This is a
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| | the sound of your own breath quickening
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| great beginner dive for fish lovers and
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| | ever so slightly as a hulking shape
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| underwater photographers alike. There are
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| | beneath you begins to take on
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| dozens of other sites throughout
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| | recognizable form. Suddenly a window, or
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| Islamorada where even beginner scuba
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| | door, or a gaping hole in the hull
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| divers can see large pelagic fish like
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| | appears large enough to swim through, and
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| groupers, exotics like blue parrot fish
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| | your adventure begins as you swim back in
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| and even have close encounters with a
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| | time. Not all wrecks are ships - plans,
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| variety of Sharks.
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| | trains and even automobiles exist below
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| Another amazing experience that can be
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| | the surface, in fact my first experience
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| had in Florida and should not be missed
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| | with a wreck was encountering a '69 VW
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| by any diver is to dive with the Manatee
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| | Beatle during my very first open water
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| in Crystal River Florida. The Manatee or
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| | dive in a quarry in the UK. Every sport
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| sea cow is a docile and gentle sea mammal
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| | or recreational scuba diver is at heart
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| that many believed inspired the first
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| | an explorer and wreck diving feeds the
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| tales of mermaids. Crystal River boasts
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| | scuba divers desire to be an amateur
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| the largest population of Manatee in the
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| | archaeologist and maybe even a treasure
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| world and is the only place where you can
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| | hunter. Wreck divers find many
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| snorkel or scuba dive among these gentle
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| | interesting artifacts even on recent
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| giants of the sea.
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| | wrecks, but be sure to check with the
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| Jamaica and many other sites throughout
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| | local laws governing salvage and what you
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| the Caribbean are also relatively
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| | can keep and cannot keep regarding found
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| inexpensive places to experience some
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| | items on a wreck - but even if you cannot
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| truly excellent beginner dive sites. Any
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| | keep your "treasures" diver
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| and all of the popular and well-known
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| | finds contribute to historians and
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| typical tourists sites and island chains
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| | researchers by helping them identify and
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| such as Curacao, the Turks and Caicos,
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| | catalogue ship wrecks.
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| the Caymans, even the Bahamas offer not
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| | As you might imagine there are great
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| only exciting nightlife and lots to do,
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| | Wreck Dives all over the world, mankind
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| but also great scuba diving for the
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| | has left its make all over the ocean
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| beginner. There are some islands however
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| | floors for centuries. But some of the top
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| that may not be as familiar sounding to
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| | rated Wreck Dives are located in the U.S.
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| you as the usual fare that are
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| | Recently National Geographic Magazine
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| consistently rated as the top
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| | listed "Wreck Diving off the Coast
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| destinations specifically for Scuba, and
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| | of Carolina" as one of its Top 10
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| there too, the beginner can experience
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| | Water Adventures. In these perilous
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| the best that Scuba Diving has to offer.
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| | waters of the Atlantic where Gulf Stream
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| Bonaire a small island off of the coast
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| | and Artic waters collide, more than 2000
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| of Venezuela in the Dutch Caribbean is
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| | ships have met their fate, making this
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| generally recognized by Scuba
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| | "Graveyard of the Atlantic" one
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| professionals and Dive magazines as one
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| | of the best sites for wreck diving in the
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| of the top Scuba destinations worldwide.
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| | world.
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| All of Bonaire's waters have been legally
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| | But do remember, the very thing that make
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| protected since 1979, and as such sports
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| | scuba diving on wrecks interesting and
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| some of the most pristine reefs and
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| | exciting, makes it a much more hazardous
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| diversity of exotic marine life on the
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| | environment to the diver then ordinary
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| planet.
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| | open water diving. That is why advanced
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| The bottom line is, once you have become
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| | training is necessary to recognize and
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| a certified Scuba Diver, even as a
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| | deal with the potential dangers in a
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| beginner the possibilities of where you
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| | wreck including shards of metal,
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| can dive and what you can see are almost
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| | entanglement hazards due to rigging, nets
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| as limitless as the open waters
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| | and lines, disorientation and a lot of
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| themselves.
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| | metal that can render your compass
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| And of course when you have passed the
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| | useless. At the bottom line, the more
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| beginner stage, there are a host of other
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| | training you receive the safer diver and
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| things like caves or sunken ships to temp
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| | better steward of the marine environment
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| you, all of which offer a great way to
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| | you will become.
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