FROM TODAY'S NASA REPORT:

Dr. Steve Squyres, the principal scientist, said, "I will attempt no science analysis, because it looks like nothing I've ever seen before. I've got no words for this."

Another new, indescribable vista brought more amazement. "Holy smokes," Dr. Squyres said. "I'm just blown away by this."

"I am flabbergasted," Dr. Sqyres said. "I am astonished. I am blown away. Opportunity has touched down in a bizarre alien landscape."

Dr. Larry Soderblum of the U.S. Geological Survey, one of the project scientists called the site "Martian paydirt."

SHEER POETRY.

Peter Theisinger, the project manager for the rovers, summed up the long night simply: "We done good."

TO WHICH WE CAN ONLY ADD, "YEE-HAW!"

LOVE, JOHNNY