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Dark green background with scattered pink stars and repeated white text reading 'shooting stars <3' in pixelated font.

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Dark green background with scattered pink stars and repeated white text reading 'shooting stars <3' in pixelated font.

Dark green background with scattered pink stars and repeated white text reading 'shooting stars <3' in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • shooting stars <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802091235351634053794
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ce/ce3e15269d6aba2265f693388a1e13d154952a58a0e2f2380c1b31304f35d580.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ce3e15269d6aba22
SHA-256
ce3e15269d6aba2265f693388a1e13d154952a58a0e2f2380c1b31304f35d580
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200802091235351634053794
Archive entry
200802091235351634053794.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802091235351634053794.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802091235351634053794.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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