Observation Dome nearly empty—the only quiet Mars seems to offer. Brought the Camera Slab, the Old Seed Tin, and a Thermal Jacket, sat until the windless red stopped feeling like a dream and started feeling like work. We've got a lava tube sample to protect now, and the revised contamination protocol feels heavier than ever. Let the hands shake. This is the kind of science that matters.

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