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December Puzzler
December 26th, 2023 by Kathryn Hansen

Update on January 9, 2024: This image shows terrain near the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. Puzzler images are typically acquired by satellites, but this month we chose to feature a photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station. Congratulations to Pierre-Luc Grenon for being the first to correctly identify both rivers. Read more about the image in our Image of the Day story.
Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The December 2023 puzzler is shown above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us where it is, what we are looking at, and why it is interesting. 
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IN 
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 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
 Senate Bill
 No. 252Introduced by Senator Wiener(Coauthor: Senator Kamlager)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom and Kalra)January 25, 2021 An act to add Section 1834.9.3 to the Civil Code, relating to animal testing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 252, as amended, Wiener.
 Toxicological testing on dogs and cats.Existing law prohibits manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal test methods within the state for which an appropriate alternative test method has been scientifically validated and recommended by the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and adopted, as specified. Existing law exempts certain animal tests from these provisions, including animal tests performed for the purpose of medical research. Existing law provides that the exclusive remedy for a violation of these provisions is a civil action for injunctive relief brought by, among others, the Attorney General and makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a specified civil penalty.This bill would prohibit a testing facility, as defined, from conducting a canine or feline
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 NO  Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act.SEC. 2.