"PASADENA CONTROL: It's looking good. It's going good. We're getting great pictures here at Nasa Control, Pasadena. The landing-craft touched down on Mars 28 Kilometers from the aim-point. We're looking at a remarkable landscape, littered with different kinds of rocks - red, purple.... How bout that, Bermuda? BERMUDA CONTROL: Fantastic! Look at the dune-field. PASADENA CONTROL: Hey, wait. I'm getting a no-go signal. Now I'm losing one of the craft. Hey, Bermuda, you getting it? BERMUDA CONTROL: No, I lost contact. There's a lot of dust blowing up there. PASADENA CONTROL: Now I've lost the second craft. We got problems. BERMUDA CONTROL: All contact lost, Pasadena. Maybe the antenna's... PASADENA CONTROL: What's that flare? See it? A green flare, coming from Mars, kind of a green mist behind it. It's getting closer. You see it, Bermuda? Come in, Bermuda! Houston, come in! What's going on? Tracking station 43, Canberra, come in Canberra! Tracking station 63, can you hear me, Madrid? Can anybody hear me? Come in, come in..." "Ulla" ------------------------- If you haven't listened to Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds, I suggest you do!! Just a quick image inspired by the Epilogue to War of the Worlds (#2 - NASA, transcript above) - it came out OK so I thought I'd share it with you (Best viewed full-size). Comments are appreciated - Thanks for looking! Alex ------------------------- Bryce 5.5 Photos used for texturing from NASA and CelestiaMotherlode.com