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This is a [collaborative public effort](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/88563/cicada) to solve as many puzzles as possible from a cryptological puzzle chain, made in a style similar to that of the mysterious [Cicada 3301](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301).
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![atbatsh3](uploads/1e65182f89529bfc06815131fced3189/atbatsh3.png)This is a [collaborative public effort](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/88563/cicada) to solve as many puzzles as possible from a cryptological puzzle chain, made in a style similar to that of the mysterious [Cicada 3301](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301).
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**7/18/2019:** It is known who made this. Somebody I know's friends (note the plural friend) made this.
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# flowers
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`https://bit.ly/2W5eiSg` redirects to `https://ibb.co/5nCwJ8s`. that and `https://ibb.co/Yk9Kcpr` show the same png file - `atbatsh3.png`:
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![atbatsh3](uploads/641d97608e1532a233684a14641810bc/atbatsh3.png)
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![atbatsh3-a](uploads/e2df4cad61fc87a396c805bd494a9f23/atbatsh3-a.png)
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with a comment below:
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`.-.. .. -- .. - .- - .. --- -. / ..-. --- ... - . .-. ... / -.-. .-. . .- - .. ...- .. - -.-- --..-- / --. --- --- -.. / .-.. ..- -.-. -.-`
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... | ... | @@ -53,13 +53,11 @@ which is morse for `limitation fosters creativity, good luck` |
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the image contains the text `And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.` - allegedly a quote from erotica writer [Anaïs Nin](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin) (1903-1977). its purpose is unknown
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The title is alium, purpose unknown
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the hex code at the bottom: `63 6f 6e 74 72 61 73 74 3b 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 6e 65 73 73` is ascii for `contrast; brightness`
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The title is `alium`, which may refer to Allium, the genus that houses all onion species and their round, colorful flower stalks.
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adjusting the contrast and brightness of the image reveals in the top right corner:
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The hex code at the bottom, `63 6f 6e 74 72 61 73 74 3b 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 6e 65 73 73`, is ascii for `contrast; brightness`.
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![atbatsh3-a](uploads/e2df4cad61fc87a396c805bd494a9f23/atbatsh3-a.png)
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Adjusting the contrast and brightness of the image reveals, in the top right corner:
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whzalipu.jvt/lodasj5h
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-.-. .- . ... .- .-. / ... . .--. - . --
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