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Friday, September 21, 2012

Friday Flash 55 — Curiosity Personified




Prowling alone,

Exploring the

Red planet, on Martian day

Sol 43 (Sept. 19 on Earth) — I 

Observed an impressive rock

Named Jake Matijevic!

It will be the

First rock touched by

Instruments on my

Curious seven-foot long robotic

Arm!  I am an historic rover

Taking pictures of

Immense beauty,

Obeying vast immensity,

Never prowling alone.



Written for Friday Flash 55 - My post in exactly 55 words - for the G-Man.


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    12 comments:

    1. Brian MillerSeptember 21, 2012 at 3:43 AM

      ha pretty cool....def interesting too to see what it is seeing and to think machines might have a personality is err....well disconcerting but then again we are looking for life on other planets so...smiles....

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    2. MargaretSeptember 21, 2012 at 3:50 AM

      Curiosity is going to be on Mars for two years. Very interesting. Do we really have a Martian Day?

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    3. FireblossomSeptember 21, 2012 at 4:15 AM

      I felt immediately bad for the rover being alone so far away in such a barren place. (and yes, I know the rover is a machine, but still.) But you turned that around in the end, and I'm glad! Doing a 55 word count AND an acrostic is ambitious! You did great.

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    4. izzySeptember 21, 2012 at 5:09 AM

      Very dry and dusty looking- yet communication streams in! even if it is binary-thanks.

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    5. BubbaSeptember 21, 2012 at 7:03 AM

      A most exciting time for space-enthusiasts and science fans.

      I haven't seen this much wide-spread enthusiasm for a project in many years. (Maybe the Internet is actually useful too, after all? LOL!)

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    6. UnknownSeptember 21, 2012 at 9:57 AM

      What a beautiful post. To think as if you are something so advance and with so much knowledge. Great 55! Mine is here
      Have you an AWESOME ROCKING WEEKEND!
      hugs
      shakira

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    7. G-ManSeptember 21, 2012 at 11:19 AM

      Lydia....
      Scientifically Fictionitiously Fantastic!!!
      Is is one of the best Flash Fiction 55's ever written.
      Loved it.
      Thanks for playing, thanks for this terrific post, and please have a Kick Ass Week-End

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    8. Rob-bearSeptember 21, 2012 at 1:26 PM

      Very clever, indeed, Lydia.

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    9. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2012 at 5:54 PM

      Oh, I love this personification! So fitting - now I know how excited that machine feels.

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    10. LydiaSeptember 22, 2012 at 1:03 AM

      Brian~ I draw the line on dancing like a robot! :)

      Margaret~ Yes, it seems we have invented Martian Days as noted in several of the articles I read (see links at bottom).

      Fireblossom~ Now I am smiling because of your comment and because you felt for the little guy (he is really little, too, the size of a Mini Cooper).

      izzy~ Mars looks beautiful. Binary, not so much!

      Eric~ Absolutely so! Thanks much.

      Shakira~ Thank you. We live in an amazing time, right?!

      G-Man~ I must say, G, that your comment made my whole day! Why, I was practically weightless!

      Rob-bear~ Rated clever by a bear is a good sign.

      Amber Lee~ You are such fun! :)

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    11. Rob-bearSeptember 22, 2012 at 3:29 AM

      Actually, the way you have this structured, I read 56 words; 55 in the left-to-right plane, and one in the top-to-bottom plane. But perhaps I'm too technical.
      Silly old Bear.

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    12. LydiaSeptember 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM

      Rob-bear~ I just trust Word Count under Review in Microsoft Word when it comes to my final copy. It says this one is 55. Go take a nap, Bear!

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