“Attoonshun! Attoonshun! Dere vill be a traffeloog presented by Sven, Knute, and Derik in der main coonferoonce rooom in ten minootes,” droned the Mars Base Alpha intercom system. The room filled quickly and an excited hum electrified those awaiting the slide presentation of the trip to Cydonia.
Derik Jarnesgaard addressed the gathering, “Vell, vee made it back in vun piece.” A small chuckle rippled through the crowd. “Sven voould yoou please show der first slide?”
“Yoou can see here on der map dat vee vent froom Marss Basse Alpha to Cydoonia. Vee visited Nila Fossae (alsoo knoown as Nili Fossae), der Baldet Crater, und Phison Rupes on der vay.” 
“Next slide, Sven. Here iss a cloose oop uff Nila Fossae (a fossa is a loong narroow shalloow depression).” 
“Der next slide shoows Knute standing in der middle uff vun uff der depressions in Nila Fossae.” 
“Vee coontinyooed too der vest oontil vee came too der Baldet Crater. Der next slide, please, Sven. It is qvite a crater. As yoou can see, it hass been erooded avay over der agess.” 
Derik stepped up to the screen to point out some of the details of the Crater. “Here is a fyoo froom der rim uff der crater. Der crater is vay in der backgroound in dis shot. Next slide, Sven.” 
“Here is anoother fyoo uff der Baldet Crater in der distance as vee vere ascending der mountains too der vest.” 
“Next, vee came too der Phison Rupes (a rupes iss a scarp). Und it vass here dat vee encoountered soomething dat vee vere noot expecting! Next slide, please, Sven.” 
“Vee tought it vass a plant at foorst, but it yumped oop and ran avay. Vee knew den dat vee had encoountered life on Marss!”
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