sol 50 animation of "icy soil" drying out in th...

sol 50 animation of "icy soil" drying out in the scoop:

What I think it shows is the soil drying up as the sun light sweeps across the soil.

Er, the reports of my departure from the jungle of Nool have been greatly exaggerated.

My scheduled departure has been delayed indefinitely by my mother's health. She was to depart with me, but complained that she didn't feel quit up to the trip yet. She is 86, frail, not in good health and wheelchair bound.

I have targeted Sunday for our trip -- but she may well again back out at the last moment. Last year she kept putting the tip off and I had to threaten to tie her to the top of the car to get her to finally go.

On another personal note:

I just got my computer going after a short in its power supply -- which set off the fire alarms at 4 AM. I was lucky in that the power supply didn't take the motherboard with it to that great electronic heaven in the sky.

I spent the first 2 hours after repairing the machine backing up the hard drives. Man, I though I was more current. The last full backup was 18 months ago.

I am still in a "vacation" mode, so I don't plan on processing any SSI images while I wait for mom to finally decide that the gods have decreed she may go.

I notice that no one else is bothering to do anything with the RAC images, so I will fill that gap until I actually leave. I will not post my departure until I have actually arrived at my destination.

( That reminds me of the "Young Lady named Bright" -- not to be confused with the girl from Nantucket" )