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Complete transcript available.

“Photon Jump” was created and produced through the ICESat-2/Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Collaborative Student Project.

Director/Supervising Professor: Deborah Fowler, SCAD

SCAD Students: Taylor Aseere, Will Cavanagh, Yinghao Chai, Nitin Garg, Eileen Heilsnis, Jinguang Huang, Xiong Lin, Ziye Liu, Adriana Manrique, Kristina Ness, Phuong Ong, Zimei Song, James Spadafora, Maria Venegas, Veronica Zak

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