Three things I am most looking forward to today:

• high resolution images of Mars from the HiRISE camera;
• chocolate cake; and
• all the visiting team members, press, and other guests participating in the excitement.

The images that start arriving today should be 10 times higher resolution than the test images we took in March. The chocolate cake we get on special occasions is better than any other desert except cheesecake. Finally, it is great to see face to face our remote team members, and it is nice to have our building fill up with visitors.

Now it is time for a bagel, the fourth thing I was looking forward to today.

Here at HiROC, we’re all very busy getting ready for the imaging that will start tomorrow (Friday 9/29/06)!

What are we doing?

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