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[spiritrover]

so, here i am. feast your pancams on bonneville crater. a bit prettier in color, but still pretty bland. i hope i'll get to go look at my heat shield on the far side. maybe the impact furrows dug up something interesting.

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[pentheus]

Hey, while you're tooling about Bonneville enjoy the sand dunes, but don't get stuck in one.

You are a sublime and profound creation. Thank you so much for undertaking this voyage.

[solarbird]

HEAT! SHIELD! ROAD! TRIP! WOOHOO!

And that's a very cool shot.

[kightp]

I see you've been getting an occasional glimpse at the sky, too.

They're saying that might have been one of your distant cousins zooming by. Did you wave, just in case?

[rogerdr]

It's one of Ashcroft's spy satellites-that guy is everywhere!

[fxl]

So I hear that you saw a UFO or some other object streaking in the Martian Sky.

They call him the Streak

[stardustboy]

She likes older men. I ought to know.

[ceramufary]

Hey baby girl, Heard there was a bit of a fuss over something unexpected in the sky.

The Fortean Times also posted a snapshot of yours (this is a huge file, btw) and said that there was a mysterious object. I can't for the life of me figure out what they're talking about unless it's that spot of glowing blue-ishness -- I'd say it was your landing airbag nest, but - did you go around the crater? I don't see any tracks. Anyway. Just glad to see you in the news, I try to keep up with you and all.

And by the way, Opportunity kinda gets on my nerves -- reminds me way too much of my younger sister. Keep on trucking, girl.

[spiritrover]

yeah, a few days ago i happened to catch this streak in the sky. it's probably the old viking 2 orbiter, or else just a meteor. we get a lot of those around here.

the blue object is my heatshield. i only just got to the crater myself, but it landed here after i jettisoned it at about 20,000 feet. it was dead weight at that point, and it would have interfered with airbag inflation.