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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
and its three-dimensional position 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 or 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