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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allimages>
      <img name="Links_crosssection_inset.jpg" timestamp="2009-04-17T21:38:34Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/2/2d/Links_crosssection_inset.jpg" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Links_crosssection_inset.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Links crosssection inset.jpg" />
      <img name="MovieS4.avi" timestamp="2009-06-25T19:52:06Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/2/23/MovieS4.avi" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:MovieS4.avi" ns="6" title="File:MovieS4.avi" />
      <img name="Mymodel.png" timestamp="2009-04-17T21:59:21Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/4/43/Mymodel.png" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Mymodel.png" ns="6" title="File:Mymodel.png" />
      <img name="Mymodel_forces.png" timestamp="2009-04-17T21:59:21Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/2/2d/Mymodel_forces.png" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Mymodel_forces.png" ns="6" title="File:Mymodel forces.png" />
      <img name="Overview_complex.png" timestamp="2009-04-27T00:35:06Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/2/27/Overview_complex.png" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Overview_complex.png" ns="6" title="File:Overview complex.png" />
      <img name="Overview_complex.svg" timestamp="2009-04-13T18:53:23Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/3/37/Overview_complex.svg" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Overview_complex.svg" ns="6" title="File:Overview complex.svg" />
      <img name="Overview_simple.png" timestamp="2009-04-27T00:48:23Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/6/62/Overview_simple.png" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Overview_simple.png" ns="6" title="File:Overview simple.png" />
      <img name="Overview_simple.svg" timestamp="2009-04-13T18:33:59Z" url="http://www.dayel.com/cometwikiimages/c/c2/Overview_simple.svg" descriptionurl="http://www.dayel.com/comet/cometwiki/index.php/File:Overview_simple.svg" ns="6" title="File:Overview simple.svg" />
    </allimages>
  </query>
</api>