>>> """
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Setting a fixed aspect on ImageGrid cells
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"""
... 
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import ImageGrid
... 
... fig = plt.figure()
... 
... grid1 = ImageGrid(fig, 121, (2, 2), axes_pad=0.1,
...                   aspect=True, share_all=True)
... for i in [0, 1]:
...     grid1[i].set_aspect(2)
... 
... grid2 = ImageGrid(fig, 122, (2, 2), axes_pad=0.1,
...                   aspect=True, share_all=True)
... for i in [1, 3]:
...     grid2[i].set_aspect(2)
... 
... plt.show()
...