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+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixed README header aspect ratio
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-<img src="https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro/blob/main/assets/social/banner.png?raw=true" alt="Astro" width="838" height="420" >
+<img src="https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro/blob/main/assets/social/banner.png?raw=true" />
 
 **Astro** is a _fresh but familiar_ approach to building websites. Astro combines decades of proven performance best practices with the DX improvements of the component-oriented era. Use your favorite JavaScript framework and automatically ship the bare-minimum amount of JavaScript—by default.