Fighter jets spewed colored smoke as they formed the shape of a heart overhead.

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The material was then injected into a mold and the desired shape formed.

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It was formed into the shape of a barrel, with the two halves of the barrel separated by a hinge.

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Groups of those meshes are formed into a 3D shape, then seeded with cell cultures, which grow to fill in the lattice to create the final system.

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Such data provides the high resolution details from which we can see how the Earth's structures have formed, measures the exact size and shape of the volcano and provides a vital snapshot of the Earth's active and sometimes violent volcanic system in action.

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She joined hands with the other women, officials and residents and formed a prayer circle in front of a makeshift memorial that has taken shape in the playground.

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The collection was formed over 50 years, with an eye "for the perfect line, profile and shape, in a magical way that cannot be improved upon, " says Charles Cator, chairman of Christie's furniture department.

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And, apparently, the shape of the Huayra fell out of Mr. Pagani's head almost fully formed.

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But the fact that rocky planets can take shape around metal-poor stars means the first roughly Earth-like worlds may have formed long, long ago.

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