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Maybe my favorite picture of the encounter. 12:58 AM, four minutes after we've got the image. It's quiet, and we are all just staring at what we have. From left: Carver Bierson (?), Tod Lauer, James Tuttle Keane, Jeff Moore, John Spencer (seated -- he is projecting from his laptop), Remy Elmaarry, Cathy Olkin (obscured), Andy Chaiken, ___, Rick Binzel, Orkan Umurhan, Anne Verbiscer, Janet Vertesi, Alex Parker, Simon Porter. Finishing out the scene is Amanda Zangari's festive tree, which she brought in for our through-the-holidays Hazard Team work, and the signed flag from the occultation campaign to Comodoro, Argentina, where we first nailed the occultations and determined the shape and size.Tod Lauer points out the spooky similar