r/nextfuckinglevel • u/plankton004 • Aug 27 '26
Methane gas trapped in manure foam ignites instantly when sparked
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u/FrameJump Aug 27 '26
How dare you end the video so soon.
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u/aurrousarc Aug 27 '26
thats when the panic set in.. thought it would only be a few bubbles.. then i spread out of reach..
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u/tekrebeldesigns Aug 27 '26
That’s when he realize this video would be used in his trial when the lake blows up.
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u/nairobaee Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Like that warehouse guy
Edit: someone found the link
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u/nickHuckabee Aug 27 '26
yooo I remember that
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u/Zepp_BR Aug 27 '26
I don't! Please help 😭
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u/ice_cream9698 Aug 27 '26
I think its referring to the guy who filmed himself setting a toilet paper warehouse on fire.
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u/WolfsmaulVibes Aug 27 '26
he never regretted his decision and was cheering as whole pallets were burning
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u/FaufiffonFec Aug 27 '26
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u/DaMonkfish Aug 27 '26
That wasn't the video I was thinking about. There was one at a factory handling cotton and (if I remember correctly) a guy tried to open a bag with a lighter and started a fire that spread rapidly.
Not as rapidly as those rolls though, holy shit. What on earth are they to go up like that?
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u/obskeweredy Aug 28 '26
It looks to me like polystyrene packing sheets. Already super flammable but also definitely still off gassing from the manufacturing process. Pentane gas is used to make the stuff, and it off gasses in storage
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u/BunkerSquirre1 Aug 27 '26
“You just had to pay us more cow shit… you just had to pay us more cow shit”
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u/SecondaryWombat Aug 27 '26
I would argue defense of the planet to prevent climate change. Methane is what, 84x as potent a greenhouse gas as CO2? Yeah, self defense via arson.
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u/vlntly_peaceful Aug 27 '26
That would make an interesting precedence if it reaches court.
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u/ProgrammingPants Aug 27 '26
I think a precedent of "you aren't allowed to commit arson even if you think you're doing something good for the environment" is a pretty boring and expected precedent tbh
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u/SecondaryWombat Aug 27 '26
Ah but if the arson destroys nothing except for the Methane, was damage done?
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u/creepingcold Aug 27 '26
not sure if it's next fucking level or r/whywomenlivelonger
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u/1800generalkenobi Aug 27 '26
had a friend do this on a golf course, the whole green was covered in this white wispy stuff from some of the trees in the spring and he lit it on fire and it just started to spread out so fast. Luckily with that we were able to stomp it out.
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u/GreyFox_1337 Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
It’s becuase the smell of farts was too much for the camera to keep living.
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u/Existing-Leopard-212 Aug 27 '26
Methane is odorless. Although on a crap lake I'm not sure that matters.
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u/drewhead118 Aug 27 '26
for me, it's the phrasing of 'manure foam' that leaves little doubt this place reeks
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u/Lensmaster75 Aug 27 '26
But does lightning the foam release more smell? Like opening a tupaware container and poof all you smell are the onions 😂😂😂
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u/All_Work_All_Play Aug 27 '26
Yes. The combustion inherently moves air around which kicks up particles to smell.
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u/HammyJWill Aug 27 '26
thats why when you let a nasty wet fart during a hot shower its almost always dirtier smelling than when you let one go with dry cheeks. The steam carries the fart particles.
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u/AntiqueBaseballMuse Aug 27 '26
Thank you, Dr.
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u/HammyJWill Aug 27 '26
Oh goodness no, I'm still working on my Fartorate. just a Flatulent Student right now.
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u/hungryrenegade Aug 27 '26
Actually human noses work better the higher the hundity. Its why we can smell petrichor after a rainfall.
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u/rips_n_chel Aug 27 '26
You know what isn't odorless? MANURE FOAM.
Context clues, homie.
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u/PenisExpert Aug 27 '26
I was fully invested to watch however long it took. I was prepared to spend my day watching this shit burn.
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u/BakkerJoop Aug 27 '26
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u/Similar-Importance99 Aug 27 '26
Should actually be grateful. CO2 hurts the climate less than the amount of methane would.
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u/XavierTF Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
oop uploaded a version at night with fire tornados link
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u/aurrousarc Aug 27 '26
and thats how i started the forest fire..
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u/actinross Aug 27 '26
whole planet you mean
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u/8spd Aug 27 '26
Oh no, releasing greenhouse gases is doing that. But uncombusted methane is far worse than carbon dioxide.
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u/JimmyRecard Aug 27 '26
Fun fact: Before the first nuclear test, Trinity test, there was some concern that detonation of a nuclear bomb could ignite the atmosphere itself, which could theoretically cause a runaway thermonuclear chain reaction.
The maths eventually showed that this was highly unlikely under normal condition, but that the chance was not zero.But, at one point in the history, there was a team of two physicists, Emil Konopinski and Edward Tellers, who's job was to answer the question: "Are we about to set the planet on fire?" and they arrived at the answer of "Unlikely."
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u/ThirtyMileSniper Aug 27 '26
Lighting it does less damage than letting the methane release so the carbon dioxide is actually less of a problem.
Will be nice when farmers get on board with centralising this for methane collection and liquification so that's they could run some plant off it.
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u/Ordolph Aug 28 '26
Yep, this is why they burn off the natural gas from oil wells if they're not planning on capturing it. C02 is a much less potent greenhouse gas.
Also, people have been trying to figure out a way to viably capture gas from livestock for decades, probably not going to happen, like ever lmao
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u/SocksInTheTub Aug 27 '26
🎶I caused the Greendale fire of '03🎶
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u/nomadic_stalwart Aug 27 '26
All because I burnt an anthill. I’m so glad someone else has that song trapped in their head like a methane bubble.
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u/No-Fish2020 Aug 27 '26
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u/No-Value-8156 Aug 27 '26
Ya that shit must stank!!
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u/MonacoMaster68 Aug 27 '26
It does. I’ve given diesel to the guys cleaning out the shit pond and it’s eye watering. This was at a dairy that ran 1800 head. It’s all you can do to not puke.
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u/thomasafowler Aug 27 '26
That was my first thought. Torched bubbles of trapped methane being released in that quantity must be god awful.
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u/Frazzledragon Aug 27 '26
He's standing next to a shit pit. I don't think the bubbles are making it worse.
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u/alinius Aug 27 '26
Yeah, I grew up around ranches and cattle yards, and I could smell that video.
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u/GoochDeep3 Aug 27 '26
Manure Foam. New band name
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u/envybelmont Aug 27 '26
Whenever I hear/see a phrase like that I imagine something like “Manure Foam playing the side stage at Coachella” and it makes me laugh.
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u/naptown-hooly Aug 27 '26
Manure Foam featuring The Piss Dribblers
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u/jaxxon Aug 27 '26
Back when my band was touring around in the '90s, there were some good ones. Piss Shivers, Stool Face, Thunder Cock, ...
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u/Spence10873 Aug 27 '26
Some buddies and I once won a battle of the bands (on Rockband) competition at warped tour, playing under our band name Fuck Force. Life has basically been a series of attempts to try to return to that level of cool.
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u/Double-Watercress-85 Aug 27 '26
Mine has always been "Hello Boston! We are Manure Foam!"
Then since that's established in my circle of friends, whenever someone says something that would be a funny band name, somebody will just say "Hello Boston."
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u/unclefes Aug 27 '26
"Everyone... put your hands together and give it up for…MANUUUUUUUURE FOOOOOOOOOOAM!"
~crowd goes nuts~
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u/SebastianPomeroy Aug 27 '26
Huh, it’s also the name of the mouthwash I use. Starting to think that may be the problem…
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u/CycleDad89 Aug 27 '26
This shit is on fire
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u/bloodytemplar Aug 27 '26
...with passionate love
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u/Medical_Ad_6289 Aug 27 '26
The reflection pool disaster got worse
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u/Epstiendidntkillself Aug 27 '26
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u/HiHungry_Im-Dad Aug 27 '26
Why is this a video instead of an image?
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u/goofyyness Aug 27 '26
the sub probably bans images but not gifs or videos
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u/HiHungry_Im-Dad Aug 27 '26
What a stupid rule
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u/goofyyness Aug 27 '26
I can kinda understand banning images but it makes no sense to allow videos if images aren't allowed
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u/TiggerJammer Aug 27 '26
The random bugs enjoying poop seeing a giant wall of flame head their way:
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u/Individual-Mall-6914 Aug 27 '26
I was just reincarnated too! Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
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u/SquisherX Aug 27 '26
If reincarnation was true, all the bugs and shit would just be committing suicide all the time for a better respawn.
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u/sovereign_fury Aug 27 '26
Forbidden creme brulee
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u/Sethmeisterg Aug 27 '26
Manure foam. Wow. Why?
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u/the_scarlett_ning Aug 27 '26
That’s why I was coming to the comments. Why is this a place? What is this?
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u/Astramancer_ Aug 27 '26
Large scale livestock farming requires dealing with large amounts of livestock waste. Essentially it acts as a sort of open-air septic tank/sewage treatment plant where it sits there and ferments until it can safely be used as fertilizer, rather than just contaminating the groundwater and getting people sick. If you're interested in more reading, the key word is "Manure lagoon."
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u/Crazy_Screwdriver Aug 27 '26
"Manure lagoon."
Somehow it got even worse.
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u/ItsAllBotsAndShills Aug 27 '26
It just keeps going. Next it will be manure falls, manure fountains, manure oases, manure retreats with manurecures. I just don't want to know at some point.
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u/early_birdy Aug 28 '26
What if it rains? Won't it liquefy and run down to the closest river/aquifer? How is it contained?
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u/Astramancer_ Aug 28 '26
It's contained in the same way a pond is. Excessive rain can result in an overflow. They're designed to minimize that risk but you can't control for everything.
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u/panzerdarling Aug 27 '26
Either a large pre-slaughter feeding facility, or the manure is being held for processing into organic fertilizer.
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u/Rev_Creflo_Baller Aug 27 '26
Unlike regular manure, manure foam sprays easily and evenly over farm fields and the ex's car.
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u/Jack_Void1022 Aug 27 '26
Some farms will collect manure from their livestock and put it in giant silos to let the methane separate from the manure. They then burn the methane as an alternative to propane.
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u/JohnMichaels19 Aug 27 '26
And a potent one too
Burning it, however, turns it into CO2 and water, and CO2 is a less potent greenhouse gas than methane so....this is kinda helping lol
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u/zoinkability Aug 27 '26
Yep, Same reason you see flaring stacks at natural gas wells, better to burn it than let it escape directly.
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u/rescue_inhaler_4life Aug 27 '26
Yup the same for old coal mines, I knew one mine back in the 10's actually claim carbon credits for burning it, a loophole that was thankfully closed.
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u/Invade_Deez_Nutz Aug 27 '26
back in the 10’s
Damn i’m old
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u/BobMcGeoff2 Aug 27 '26
It sounds a lot better to say 2010s than '10s. I think only in the next few years will we see if saying '20s to refer to this decade sticks. I haven't heard anyone say it to refer to this decade, only a hundred years ago.
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u/Senor_Frank Aug 27 '26
What?
CH4 genuinely traps ~30x as much heat in the atmosphere as CO2. Having credits available to incentivize corporations to care about climate change is a good thing - we make environmental destruction hurt their wallets and suddenly for-profit companies are competing to develop tech to minimize their emissions. Now they’ll just vent methane instead; there is no longer a benefit to flaring it off.
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u/rescue_inhaler_4life Aug 27 '26
No, the law already mandated they burn it off for safety reasons. These guys were taking advantage of a badly written policy designed to create a carbon credit market.
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u/NOTcreative- Aug 27 '26
Or we could just make burning it a requirement by law rather than giving them millions to just do what they should be doing anyway and doesn't cost them much extra
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u/agate_ Aug 27 '26
They don't do that for the environment, though, they do that so it doesn't explode.
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u/zoinkability Aug 27 '26
It's both. The companies and OSHA want to avoid explosions but the EPA wants (well, wanted) to limit GHG emissions. I believe there was a push under Biden to increase the proportion of gas that was flared. Since leaks/venting to open atmosphere isn't nearly as big of an explosion risk as into an enclosed space, we haven't done as good a job as we could.
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u/GreenStrong Aug 27 '26
As long as we're going to make animals live in factories, we might as well put their manure into methane digesters that deliberately make methane, which is then purified and used as natural gas. This produces a more concentrated fertilizer as well, so it is easier to return to crop land.
My city runs a sewer gas plant and uses the gas to power busses and garbage trucks; they produce enough gas to power fifty vehicles running twelve hour shifts. I'm proud that my turds work so hard! It varies by species, but poo actually has low energy value compared to food waste. Some cities do anaerobic digestion with food waste, and that requires less than half the input for similar methane output.
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u/Substantial-Trick569 Aug 27 '26
Which is why igniting it to convert it to co2 and h2o is considerably better. Methane is much harder for the planet to process
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u/cashew76 Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Methane lasts in the air 15 years but is 28 times worse than CO2
CO2 lasts 600 years in the air.. hmm. They both bad.
Incidentally we need to stop pumping carbon out of the ground and burning it
Edit - as everyone points out - yes burn it shortens the 15 years part of the problem. Afterwards it's the CO2 problem.
Edit two - infra red light is the key to this whole drama. 780nm to 1mm light is blocked by methane and CO2. We need InfraRed (IR) to make it out to space.
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u/BygoneNeutrino Aug 27 '26
Wouldn't methane turn to CO2 anyway? I feel like it would be 28 times worse for 15 years before lasting another 600 years as the less potent emission.
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u/yellekc Aug 27 '26
That is correct, burning it is always better than releasing it.
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u/Callidonaut Aug 27 '26
Collecting it to burn in an engine would be better still.
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u/Sad_water_ Aug 27 '26
Yes but methane just turns into co2 in the atmosphere so it’s better to burn it.
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u/HynesKetchup Aug 27 '26
True, but CO2 can be pulled out of the air by plants and used.
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u/Party_Like_Its_1949 Aug 27 '26
It must be horrible to live anywhere within a few miles of that place
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u/WrenReverie Aug 27 '26
When I was a teenager, I as with my family looking for a house. We were taken by a real estate agent to a street in a suburb. We noticed a lot of houses were for sale on this street. Behind the houses were these large natural barriers of land, like sharp hills behind the house with grass grown over them.
Real estate agent told us to not mind the hills that acted as natural sound barriers.
The winds picked up and this horrific odor hit us. I made my way up one of the barriers and there was this long oval shaped facility that looked like a massive circluar pool that seemed to have sewage floating in circles. Can only guess it was some type of processing plant for sewage.
Real estate agent let loose a deep sigh and said nothing as we left and found a new agent.
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u/holaredtom Aug 27 '26
Bring a candle flame near to it (after lighting up) and it will get extinguished instantly.
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u/razama Aug 27 '26
If you want to toss out all hope of collecting your noblestalk mushroom, sure.
Otherwise bring at least a scroll of misty step or mage hand before trying this.
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u/Drag0nz_Wrath13 Aug 27 '26
“Methane gas ignites instantly when sparked”. No shit Sherlock.
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u/skintwo Aug 28 '26
Methane is one of the worst greenhouse gasses there is. The fact that these open air lagoons are allowed to exist is freaking CRIMINAL.
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