{"id":27125,"date":"2019-06-19T07:56:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T11:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=27125"},"modified":"2019-06-19T07:56:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T11:56:56","slug":"lower-quadrant-at-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/lower-quadrant-at-dusk\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Quadrant at Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"710\" data-attachment-id=\"27127\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/lower-quadrant-at-dusk\/mec_216_w_semaphore_at_dusk_p1090841\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MEC_216_w_semaphore_at_dusk_P1090841.jpg?fit=2520%2C3776\" data-orig-size=\"2520,3776\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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