XPost: sci.astro, alt.sci.planetary, sci.geo.geology   
   From: jvorbrueggen@mediasec.de   
      
   > Highly unlikely, since this photo is almost certainly being taken from a   
   > quite high altitude, and your alleged "shadow" is a substantial fraction   
   > of the large crater's diameter --- whereas even the lander's parachute   
   > is quite small compared to the diameter of a typical aregraphical feature!   
      
   Unlikely. If you take the series as a sequence, you'll notice the feature   
   is absent from the first frame taken at 1986 m of height, quite near to   
   the crater and dimmer on the second taken at 1690 m of height, and has   
   moved again from the crater and become more distinct and larger on the   
   third taken at 1404 m of height.   
      
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