Spirit's New Adventures, The Mission Beyond 1000 Sols |
Spirit's New Adventures, The Mission Beyond 1000 Sols |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 ![]() |
With Spirit starting to get on the move again (even though it's a very small first step), I think that it's high time we got a new topic going and re-invigorate the Spirit thread.
OK. Spirit's moving again after 6 months at Low Ridge. Here's an animation of the turn (enhanced Front Haz Cam). A big cheer for our little girl at Gusev. ![]() Let's support her with lots of discussion on UMSF. Astro0 |
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![]() Merciless Robot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 ![]() |
Wonderful, Stu...thank you for giving such a lyrical voice to our collective feelings!
![]() I used to write a little bit of poetry long ago. Apologies in advance; I could never approach Stu's level, but feel inspired to try something: Spirit Comes Home Ruddy beauty in the dusty sunrise marvelous rocks, a crimson layer cake of distant secrets waiting eons for a touch. She comes slowly, painfully now the Spirit of an alien species from a sister world but this aging lady comes in peace, no invader See her reach, and tenderly place her solitary arm against the strata, no longer alone in the vast ocher wilderness now eager to tell its tales to a sympathetic stranger She calls to us across the gulf of trackless space speaking for the voiceless witness of ancient catastrophes and, if accident will, the drama of emerging life cut too short? Listen to her; she is old and wise treasure the gems of her declining years and know that, when what must happen does, she lived for all of us and will live on in us all -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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