I emailed a reporter who attends the MER briefings about the odd object we've been discussing here. Here is his reply: ********** "A number of readers have asked about the "bunny" image. In fact, right after last Friday's press conference, I did actually ask one of the scientists about the "bunny." He knew exactly what I was referring to, and said there had been much discussion about it. The consensus is that it's most likely a piece of debris from the spacecraft, probably a piece of torn airbag material. At some point, they hope to point the IR spectroscope (mini-TES) at it to determine its composition, which would prove its nature for sure." ********** I guess that's assuming, of course, that it hasn't walked off in the mean time. (Disclaimer: I'm kidding!) Patrick