At the top (1666 meters above sea level).Feb 18, 2009
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Mt. Rzenik.Feb 18, 2009
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Ski-lift station.Feb 18, 2009
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Views towards the west.Feb 18, 2009
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Wide plains of Velika planina with a wonderful backdrop of the Kamnik Alps.Feb 18, 2009
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Red sign.Feb 18, 2009
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Zermatt? ;)Feb 18, 2009
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There must be several meters of snow on the saddle of Kamniško sedlo.Feb 18, 2009
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Mt. Brana and Mt. Planjava.Feb 18, 2009
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Mt. Ojstrica.Feb 18, 2009
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The sky was amazing.Feb 18, 2009
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Patterns.Feb 18, 2009
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Patterns.Feb 18, 2009
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A hole.Feb 18, 2009
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The sun reflecting off the wind-blasted plain.Feb 18, 2009
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It's impossible to get into the cabins.Feb 18, 2009
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Piles of snow concealing the cabins.Feb 18, 2009
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Standing on top of one of the cabins.Feb 18, 2009
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Wind blasts.Feb 18, 2009
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The village of Velika planina.Feb 18, 2009
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One of the cabins.Feb 18, 2009
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Footprints.Feb 18, 2009
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The cabins are almost completely covered with snow.Feb 18, 2009
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Battling the wind and snow.Feb 18, 2009
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What is a chair doing there?!? :)Feb 18, 2009
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Chapel.Feb 18, 2009
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Streak of light.Feb 18, 2009
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The texture in the snow was fantastic.Feb 18, 2009
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But it wasn't so idyllic as it seems - the wind was ferocious.Feb 18, 2009
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Sweet light shone on the cabins.Feb 18, 2009
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Photographers were hard at work.Feb 18, 2009
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Red sign and crazy clouds.Feb 18, 2009
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Red sign.Feb 18, 2009
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Looking back to where we came from.Feb 18, 2009
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Trees sulhouetted against the pink sky.Feb 18, 2009
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Pinkish light on Mt. Ojstrica.Feb 18, 2009
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Soft and blue.Feb 18, 2009
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Man and nature.Feb 18, 2009
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Then the sun peeked from behind the hill.Feb 18, 2009
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The clouds were starting to get more and more yellow and orange.Feb 18, 2009
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A traditional signpost made of a tree trunk.Feb 18, 2009
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First signs of sunrise in the east.Feb 18, 2009
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Blue pre-dawn light.Feb 18, 2009
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Jamnik and the Kamnik Alps.Feb 04, 2009
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Jamnik and Mt. Storžič.Feb 04, 2009
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After waiting for over an hour for the full moon to rise, I took a few pictures of the hill, church and mountains in the subtle dusk light.Feb 04, 2009
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Orange layers III.Feb 04, 2009
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Orange layers II.Feb 04, 2009
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Orange layers I.Feb 04, 2009
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St. Jošt.Feb 04, 2009
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The beautiful Košuta range in the distance.Feb 04, 2009
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Mists in the valley.Feb 04, 2009
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Looking south-west to the hill behind which the sun was setting.Feb 04, 2009
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There was some snow in patches.Feb 04, 2009
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The famous view with the tree and the St. Primoz church on Jamnik.Feb 04, 2009
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Do you see rain drops?Feb 03, 2009
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Green door.Feb 03, 2009
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Red Peugeot.Feb 03, 2009
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Junkyard.Feb 03, 2009
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On the way back I took photos of some dilapidated building and junk around them.Feb 03, 2009
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Snow and fog.Feb 03, 2009
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At the end of the path there are a couple of ski jumps.Feb 03, 2009
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Is the ice thick enough to iceskate on? I doubt it.Feb 03, 2009
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... whose tributary was almost frozen.Feb 03, 2009
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There is also a creek ... Feb 03, 2009
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... to a tree-lined road.Feb 03, 2009
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The path led me around the hill ...Feb 03, 2009
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... where somebody forgot about their laundry! Poor rug and shirts!Feb 03, 2009
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... to an old building ...Feb 03, 2009
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I walked to the other side of town ...Feb 03, 2009
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Today the situation was a bit different.Feb 03, 2009
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Some of the cars were enveloped in heaps of snow.Feb 03, 2009
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The cars made it out of their parking spots without their owners having to shovel the snow.Feb 03, 2009
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The view from my window yesterday was quite white, but nothing compared to today.Feb 03, 2009
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).Feb 02, 2009
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.Feb 02, 2009
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Ligety in the finish arena.Feb 02, 2009
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Ted Ligety making a turn.Feb 02, 2009
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Ligety started the second run.Feb 02, 2009
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.Feb 02, 2009
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Looking down the valley.Feb 02, 2009
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.Feb 02, 2009
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No snow under the chairlift.Feb 02, 2009
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.Feb 02, 2009
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There are yellow snowmaking guns in the middle of ski slopes. And do you see cable cars against the mountain face on the right-hand side? :)Feb 02, 2009
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.Feb 02, 2009
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One of the many smaller glaciers.Feb 02, 2009
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View from the bridge.Feb 02, 2009
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On Sunday, I took some more photos at the other glacier where there is a viewing bridge suspended from a mountain.Feb 02, 2009
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The view of Soelden after sunset.Feb 02, 2009
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Along the river.Feb 02, 2009
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Pastures.Feb 02, 2009
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Along the town road.Feb 02, 2009
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.Feb 02, 2009
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.Feb 02, 2009
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.Feb 02, 2009
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.Feb 02, 2009
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Tanja Poutiainen.Feb 02, 2009
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.Feb 02, 2009
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Andrea Fischbacher.Feb 02, 2009
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Anja Paersson.Feb 02, 2009
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Anja Paersson.Feb 02, 2009
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The connecting ski track.Feb 02, 2009
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The arena at the bottom.Feb 02, 2009
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.Feb 02, 2009
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.Feb 02, 2009
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Vast slopes and blue skies.Feb 02, 2009
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Vast slopes.Feb 02, 2009
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.Feb 02, 2009
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.Feb 02, 2009
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This is the view to the other side - you can see a green lake in the middle of the opposite mountain.Feb 02, 2009
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Backlit.Feb 02, 2009
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.Feb 02, 2009
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One of the Slovenian skiers.Feb 02, 2009
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Bird's eye view.Feb 02, 2009
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Balloons.Feb 02, 2009
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.Feb 02, 2009
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The steep slope proved to be a challenge for many skiers as it was full of bumps and ruts quite soon.Feb 02, 2009
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A road.Feb 02, 2009
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.Feb 02, 2009
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.Feb 02, 2009
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At the finish line.Feb 02, 2009
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Weird sky. :)Feb 02, 2009
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Looking up from the finish arena.Feb 02, 2009
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This is the steepest part of the slope.Feb 02, 2009
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Spectators lined the track.Feb 02, 2009
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.Feb 02, 2009
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.Feb 02, 2009
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)Feb 02, 2009
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.Feb 02, 2009
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At the top.Feb 02, 2009
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)Feb 02, 2009
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Early Saturday morning we took the skibus up to the Rettenbach glacier, and we could already see the race track.Feb 02, 2009
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A tower and sheep.Feb 02, 2009
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.Feb 02, 2009
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A pile of logs at the side of the road.Jan 26, 2009
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A bit lower the temperatures were more tolerable and the slope bathed in the late-afternoon light.Jan 26, 2009
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The road to the valley.Jan 26, 2009
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Looking back to where we came from.Jan 26, 2009
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I still couldn't put away the camera.Jan 26, 2009
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It looks heavenly, but it was coooold.Jan 26, 2009
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I took out the battery for every shot and warmed it up in my hands.Jan 26, 2009
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The light was getting sweeter and sweeter by the minute.Jan 26, 2009
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Last sun rays.Jan 26, 2009
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Layers to the south.Jan 26, 2009
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After a few minutes of merciless wind at the top we ran back for cover. And we weren't the only ones. ;)Jan 26, 2009
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Mt. Ojstrica in all its glory.Jan 26, 2009
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The Kamnik Alps: mighty Mt. Planjava to the left and Mt. Ojstrica to the right.Jan 26, 2009
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Velika planina plateau in the foreground and Mt. Krvavec in the background.Jan 26, 2009
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The views towards the Kamnik Alps were fantastic.Jan 26, 2009
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... until we got to the summit called Vivodnik at 1508 meters above sea level.Jan 26, 2009
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... across the grassy plains ...Jan 26, 2009
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... and through the forest ...Jan 26, 2009
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We walked past fence and a flank of trees ...Jan 26, 2009
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The ground was barely covered with snow that had fallen a few days before.Jan 26, 2009
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The area is full of small lakes that were now almost frozen.Jan 26, 2009
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After fifteen minutes we passed this little chaped of St. Anton.Jan 26, 2009
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We parked the car along the gravel road and walked towards the top in the distance.Jan 26, 2009
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