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sausage instability leading to density peaks hosting active sites of
massive star formation.
Our purpose in looking at Nessie again here is not to further analyze the star-forming nature of this cloud. Instead, our focus is on how long the full Nessie feature might be, and what its length might imply about its role in the Galaxy. Casual inspection of Spitzer imagery given in Figure \ref{fig:FindingChart} suggests that Nessie is at least
two two, or
three maybe three, times longer than ``Nessie Classic," measuring at least $3^\circ$ long (``Nessie-Extended"). Very careful
inspection (pan and zoom Figure \ref{fig:FindingChart}) of the Spitzer images suggests
that Nessie \emph{could be} even longer. If
one optimistically connects what appear to be all the relevant pieces