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Oh So Hard Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/9/2021
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is NOT at the posted coordinates, but you probably already knew that since you would be breaking the law walking on an on/off ramp to Interstate 5. To find the cache you must solve the puzzle below. Difficulty is on the puzzle, not the cache. Terrain is for the cache.

On the other side of the interstate is my Oh So Easy puzzle, so I wanted to make something a bit more challenging for those who enjoy puzzles, math, and science.

In High School, it is taught that atoms are made up of three fundamental particals: electrons, protons, and neutrons. While that is techincally true, it is not the full picture. The image above is a simplified version of the atom. Atoms are like onions. They both have many layers to them. Below is a more correct, but rather complicated representation of atoms. Atoms can have a wide varity of shapes and sizes rather than just thier sphere of influence we are taught in school. 

1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p31s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p41s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p51s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s25p64f145d106s26p65f146d107s11s22s22p31s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d25s21s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s2 5p6 6s11s2


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Or artngvir. Lbh znl rapbhagre qvssrerag ebnq oybpxf. Or n ghegyr naq trg bhg bs lbhe furyy. [cache] va Pregvghqr [certitude] Nqq A naq J jurer arrqrq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)