// we will duplicate this behavior. If the etl needs this data at some
// point we can change, but it is only available assuming
// cassandra hasn't discarded it.
Iterator<OnDiskAtom> columnIterator = columns.iterator();
while (columnIterator.hasNext()) {
OnDiskAtom atom = columnIterator.next();
if (atom instanceof RangeTombstone) {
columnIterator.remove();
} else if (atom instanceof Column && ((Column) atom).timestamp() <= this.deletedAt) {
columnIterator.remove();
}