Aug
29
#159 – Alien
Inspired by the theme at
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This week’s theme is: Freestyle
alien landscape
brave robotic explorer
science sparking wonder
Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp
A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover’s eventual science destination.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Still in love with the rovers.
Aug
20
You didn’t think I could do a prompt of Sojourn and not mention rovers did you?
audacious rovers
Sojourner’s legacy lives
Curiosity
Aug
8
This week’s theme is: Courage
while cameras watch
seven minutes of terror
courage holds the team
I cannot imagine having a camera shoved in my face during such an emotional time. So glad it was not heartbreak and tears the cameras had to record.
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) (201208050013HQ)
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL Rover named Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Aug
5
Inspired by the theme at
#156 – Stars
curiosity
the spark within human souls
drives exploration
drives exploration
sends rovers sailing through space
falling star flashes
falling star flashes
wild descent to join brethren
Curiosity
She should reach the floor of Gale Crater in just about three hours. I’m probably going to wait up. Because I love the rovers. I am a geek. How much of a geek?
Godspeed and safe landings.
Dec
22
A double prompt today:
Sensational Haiku Wednesday offers us Spirit
while Theme Thursday provides Gift
Spirit granted gifts
dreams and imagination
beckoning from space
Continued…
Dec
7
Haiku Heights – Prompt #97 – Space
Curiosity
voyaging across the void
towards the red planet
Curiosity and her little sister Spirit. RIP Spirit
Artist rendition from NASA
Dec
2
2011 NOVEMBER PAD CHAPBOOK CHALLENGE: DAY 27
For today’s prompt, write a tribute poem. Write your tribute poem for anyone or anything you like–Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Harry Potter, etc. Have fun!
Spirit
aptly named
little rover on Mars
scientific exploration
even six years past her three-month lifespan
still continuing the mission
dragging one foot behind
unbreakable
spirit
