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Alvina: China Pictures 752
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Alvina: I thought all the planters along the highways were a bit excessive.
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Alvina: China Pictures 754
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Alvina: The traffic was bad partially because of an accident.
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Alvina: The traffic was bad partially because of an accident.
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Alvina: creepy silk factory dummy (I'm not talking about Jen)
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Alvina: China Pictures 758
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Alvina: China Pictures 759
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Alvina: Silk cocoons
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Alvina: China Pictures 761
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Alvina: silk thread
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Alvina: first they boiled the cocoons to soften them
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Alvina: then they threaded them onto these machines to unravel them
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Alvina: the unraveled worms. Gross.
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Alvina: the cocoons unraveling. See how transluscent some of them are?
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Alvina: China Pictures 767
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Alvina: a pattern on the loom
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Alvina: China Pictures 769
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Alvina: so intricate
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Alvina: China Pictures 772
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Alvina: a different way of using the silk
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Alvina: stretching the cocoon
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Alvina: taking out the worm
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Alvina: removing the worm
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Alvina: China Pictures 777
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Alvina: China Pictures 778
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Alvina: China Pictures 779
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Alvina: China Pictures 780
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Alvina: China Pictures 781
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Alvina: China Pictures 782