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Boulder power, and a reflections on a Martian

Boulder power outage disrupted video chat time, but I made the most of it by cleaning my desk and taking a dinner break.

Written byPhil Plait
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Well, as many folks guessed, a lot of Boulder was without power today, centered in time beautifully on the video chat time. :( I couldn't even post anything about it, so my apologies. Instead of chatting I cleaned my desk, rearranged my bookshelf, went out for dinner, and played with the dogs. So not all was lost.

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We'll resume the regularly scheduled blog in the morning as always. Until then, enjoy this picture, sent to me by BABloggee Chris Stafford, showing what looks like the reflection of a Martian standing near the Phoenix lander (click to embiggenate). I figure I better post it here and mock it in advance before some antiscience goofball gets a hold of it!

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