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   mlm wrote:   
   >   
   > In 1 of the 3 DIMES images taken by Opportunity on its approach to the   
   > surface (at 1404m), there is a brightly ringed crater and a distinct,   
      
   Can you, or anyone, explain the bright ring?  It does not seem to cross   
   from the inside to the outside at the 2 points where the solar rays   
   would be tangent to the ridgeline.  It looks as if it is lit from the   
   outside all the way around.   
      
   Mitchell Timin   
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