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{{Information |Description===The Granulation of the Sun`s surface, shown behind the foreground of a map of North America on the same scale |Source=*File:Granules2.jpg |Date=2011-01-19 21:03 (UTC) |Author=*File:Granules2.jpg: created by [[e