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+{
+  "collection": "blizzard-alley",
+  "title": "Blizzard Alley",
+  "description": "Single value raster displaying the region of the USA known as Blizzard Alley, where at least 10-20 blizzards have occurred since 1950. Eastern North Dakota seen 50-100+ in the same time period. test.",
+  "license": "CC0-1.0",
+  "stac_version": "1.0.0",
+  "dashboard:is_periodic": false,
+  "dashboard:time_density": "day",
+  "links": [],
+  "spatial_extent": {
+    "xmin": -105.3,
+    "ymin": 36.8,
+    "xmax": -89.4,
+    "ymax": 49.8
+  },
+  "temporal_extent": {
+    "startdate": "1950-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    "enddate": "1950-01-01T23:59:59Z"
+  },
+  "discovery_items": [
+    {
+      "discovery": "s3",
+      "prefix": "Blizzards/",
+      "bucket": "veda-data-store-staging",
+      "filename_regex": "(.*)BlizzardAlley_(.*).tif$",
+      "use_multithreading": false,
+      "upload": false,
+      "cogify": false,
+      "dry_run": false
+    }
+  ],
+  "sample_files": [
+    "s3://veda-data-store-staging/Blizzards/BlizzardAlley_1950-01-01.tif"
+  ],
+  "data_type": "cog",
+  "stac_extensions": [
+    "https://stac-extensions.github.io/render/v1.0.0/schema.json",
+    "https://stac-extensions.github.io/item-assets/v1.0.0/schema.json"
+  ],
+  "item_assets": {
+    "cog_default": {
+      "type": "image/tiff; application=geotiff; profile=cloud-optimized",
+      "roles": [
+        "data",
+        "layer"
+      ],
+      "title": "Default COG Layer",
+      "description": "Cloud optimized default layer to display on map"
+    }
+  },
+  "renders": {
+    "dashboard": {
+      "colormap": {
+        "0": [
+          22,
+          158,
+          242,
+          255
+        ]
+      },
+      "assets": [
+        "cog_default"
+      ],
+      "title": "VEDA Dashboard Render Parameters"
+    }
+  },
+  "providers": [
+    {
+      "name": "NASA VEDA",
+      "roles": [
+        "host"
+      ],
+      "url": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/"
+    }
+  ],
+  "assets": {
+    "thumbnail": {
+      "title": "Thumbnail",
+      "description": "Photo by Andrew Blackford (Near-blizzard conditions in Maria Stein, Ohio on December 23, 2022)",
+      "href": "https://thumbnails.openveda.cloud/blizzards-cover.png",
+      "type": "image/png",
+      "roles": [
+        "thumbnail"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
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