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Montage of 3D optical data storage discs. Pictures used under Wikipedia Fair Use guidelines (meets all 10 criteria). Photographs of discs adapted from promotional websites and news stories.

Source pages: http://www.sg.hu/cikkek/13685/adattarolasi_revolucio_a_kozeljovoben http://www.tfot.info/articles/56/mempile-terabyte-on-a-cd.html http://www.call-recall.com/tech/twophotonrecording.html http://www.ddatainc.com/page01.html http://www.landauerinc.com/stillwater.asp http://www.opttech.tu-berlin.de/microholas/

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No other source of pictures of these discs exists since they are not commercially available products. Pictures are vital to the article in order to understand the appearance of the discs, the variety thereof, and the level of development realized.