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+    "# How to create and visualize a Landlab Icosphere Grid\n",
+    "\n",
+    "*(GE Tucker, CU Boulder, November 2023)*\n",
+    "\n",
+    "This notebook demonstrates how to create a spherical `IcosphereGlobalGrid`, and to visualize its geometric elements and related fields."
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+    "import numpy as np\n",
+    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
+    "from landlab import IcosphereGlobalGrid"
+   ]
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