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Opportunity catches meteor?
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Fox2
2006-05-18 02:44:35 UTC
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JusUK2
2006-05-19 08:11:55 UTC
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Post by Fox2
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/n/821/1N201070824EFF703FP069
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Well spotted! Does look like that.
e***@gmail.com
2006-05-21 20:45:01 UTC
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Well... Does anybody know how to explain this scratch???

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eugeny kornienko
Sir Charles W. Shults III
2006-05-22 12:18:51 UTC
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It sure looks like a meteor to me.

Cheers!

Sir Charles W. Shults III, K. B. B.
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e***@gmail.com
2006-05-22 13:34:22 UTC
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Post by Sir Charles W. Shults III
It sure looks like a meteor to me.
- Why the line is not straight?
- It is daytime (13:01:56 Mars local solar time)

I think it's a bright speck of dust immediately before the lens.
It moves from the edge to the middle of the scene
and disappears in shadow of the camera.

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