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There are numerous anomalous formations on the surfaces of bodies in the Solar System. Some remain undiscovered as of today.
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*None known
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In Kerbal Space Program, this corresponds to any anomaly that has been hidden in the game on the surfaces of bodies in the [[Kerbol System]] the Main Menu, in IVAs, and any other applicable area by the developers. This does not include bugs like [[terrain glitch|terrain glitches]].
  
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==[[Moho]]==
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== Celestial Bodies ==
  
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*None known
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=== [[Moho]] ===
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* Although originally a [[terrain glitch]], the [[Mohole]] (a large, steep vertical "tunnel" at [[Moho]]'s north pole) is often considered an Easter egg, and indeed was later "canonized" by the developers, being given its own biome (the "Northern Sinkhole") and [[KerbNet]] anomaly marker.
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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==[[Eve]]==
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=== [[Eve]] ===
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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*None known
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<gallery>Green_Monolith.png|The aforementioned Monolith.</gallery>
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=== [[Gilly]] ===
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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===[[Gilly]]===
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=== [[Kerbin]] ===
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* Five [[Monolith]]s: one visible from [[KSC]], one by the tracking station at the [[Inland Kerbal Space Center]] ({{Kerbalmaps|20.6709|-146.4968|text=C|m=Inland%20Monolith}}), one at {{Kerbalmaps|35.5705|-74.9773|text=C}}, one at {{Kerbalmaps|-0.6403|-80.7669|text=C}}, and one at {{Kerbalmaps|-28.8084|-13.4401|text=C}}
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* The [[Inland Kerbal Space Center]] itself ({{Kerbalmaps|20.6667|-146.4667|text=C}}), being in effect the old Kerbal Space Center model from 0.2. The inland space center has its own biomes, just like the equatorial space center.
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* A destructible memorial to the old [[Command Pod Mk1|Mk. 1 Pod]] outside the level 3 [[VAB]].
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* A temple in the desert ({{Kerbalmaps|-6.4966|-141.6676|text=C}}) known as Tut-Un Jeb-Ahn, although this name can only be seen when a vessel crashes into it.
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* A crashed flying saucer can be found can be found embedded in the northern tundra. ({{Kerbalmaps|81.9552|-128.5139|text=C}})
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* The [[Island Airfield]] ({{Kerbalmaps|-1.5288|-71.9023|text=C}}) has a hangar containing the old, pre-artpass versions of the [[Command Pod Mk1|Mk. 1 Pod]] (rusted and oversized), the [[FL-T400 Fuel Tank]], and the [[LV-T45 Liquid Fuel Engine]].
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* The level 3 [[flagpole]] at the [[Kerbal Space Center]] can be climbed by Kerbals.
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* When the level 3 [[Astronaut Complex]] is destroyed, a large toilet can be found in the rubble.
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* In the ocean just south of the KSC, about midway between land and the southern ice cap (about {{Kerbalmaps|-30|-80|text=C}}), there is a giant smiley face carved into the ocean floor.
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* One Commnet station is called "Nye Island," named for science communicator [[w:Bill Nye|Bill Nye]].
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
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* The Commnet ground stations are also visible in Kerbnet in the same way as proper Easter Eggs.
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* A crashed Sputnik can be found in between some mountains at {{Kerbalmaps|-17.5344444444|61.0602777778|text=C|m=Crashed%20Sputnik}} in v1.12.0.
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<gallery>Kerbin InlandKSC.jpg | The second space center, or "KSC2".
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Crashed Polar UFO.png | The crashed flying saucer.
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Toilet KSC.png | The toilet found in the rubble of the Astronaut Complex
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File:Kerbin_ISA_Topo_0_21.jpg|The smiley face on the seafloor can be seen faintly in the left half of this map, just south of the equator.
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File:KSPHappyFaceB+W.png|The smiley face with enhanced contrast.</gallery>
  
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=== [[Mun]] ===
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* Three [[Monolith]]s (or Munoliths) at {{Kerbalmaps|-9.8314|25.9177|Mun|text=C}}, {{Kerbalmaps|57.6602|9.1423|Mun|text=C}}, and {{Kerbalmaps|-82.2062|102.9287|Mun|text=C}}
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* Three giant rock arches can be found at {{Kerbalmaps|12.4508|39.1959|Mun|text=C}}, {{Kerbalmaps|-12.4717|-140.9612|Mun|text=C}}, and {{Kerbalmaps|2.4633|81.5310|Mun|text=C}}
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** As of 1.12.5, the rock arch at {{Kerbalmaps|12.4508|39.1959|Mun|text=C}} appears shattered, revealing a mysterious glowing artifact inside it
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** In [[KSP 2]], a new rock arches is present on the Mun.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAu43eYhEDI</ref>
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* A memorial to [[w:Neil Armstrong|Neil Armstrong]], added shortly after his death in August 2012 ({{Kerbalmaps|0.7017|22.7460|Mun|text=C}})
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* A crashed flying saucer, identical to the one on Kerbin ({{Kerbalmaps|-70.9572|-68.1388|Mun|text=C}})
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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==[[Kerbin]]==
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<gallery>File:Monolith.jpg|A Monolith (or Munolith) on the Mun.</gallery>
  
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*Five Monoliths
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=== [[Minmus]] ===
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*Second Kerbal Space Centre (removed as of 0.18, but 3 different KSCs have been added)
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* One [[Monolith]] ({{Kerbalmaps|23.777|60.046|Minmus|text=C}})
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*Memorial to the Mk1 Command Pod
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
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*A temple in the desert
 
  
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===[[Mun]]===
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<gallery>Minmus_Monolith.png|The only Minmus monolith.</gallery>
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=== [[Duna]] ===
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* A giant Kerbal face rock, a reference to the infamous [[w:Face on Mars|"Face on Mars"]] ({{Kerbalmaps|17.05|-85.4667|Duna|text=C}})
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* A camera mast based on that of the [[w:Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] rover<!--see comparison pictures of discussion page before you change it to Spirit or Opportunity--> can be found sticking out of a boulder. Originally it was embedded in the terrain itself before later being moved to the boulder, likely to prevent different terrain settings causing it to appear floating or underground. ({{Kerbalmaps|-30.3419|-28.8103|Duna|text=C}}) (v1.12 updated location needed)
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* On the southern ice cap, there is a pyramidal hill that emits an SSTV signal. The source of the signal was several hundred meters beneath the hill as of [[0.22]], but as of [[1.2]], the signal is back at the surface. As of 1.12, the hill seems to emit no signal. ({{Kerbalmaps|-66.05|-160.8834|Duna|text=C}})
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* A stranded rover, similar in likeness to NASA's [[w:Spirit (rover)|Spirit]] and [[w:Opprotunity (rover)|Opportunity]] rovers. ({{Kerbalmaps|-2.2450|-5.1922|Duna|text=C}}) (2° 24' 52" S 5° 19' 24" W in v1.12)
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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*Three monoliths
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*Three mun Arches (one is different from the others)
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Duna_KerbalFace.jpg|Duna's Kerbal Face Rock
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*Neil Armstrong Memorial
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Duna-PyramidHill.jpg|Duna's SSTV hill in v1.12
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File:Oppy Rover.png|The Stranded rover (higher resolution image needed!)
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===[[Minmus]]===
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=== [[Ike]] ===
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* The Magic Boulder - The magic boulder used to orbit Ike at an altitude of 15 km with zero eccentricity and an inclination of 80 degrees. The collision mesh of the magic boulder did not match its visible surface, which could result in ships apparently digging into the surface with no ill effect. It would also cause ships to explode seemingly spontaneously, sometimes metres away from the surface, displaying "''vesselname'' crashed into Magic Boulder" in the Flight Log. It also had glowing green veins as if radioactive, and there was a [[Monolith]] on its leading edge. The boulder had no gravity, did not appear in the map view and could not be targeted, much like any other Easter egg, except in orbit. In 1.12, the Magic Boulder got added to the game again, this time as an easter egg on the surface of Ike ({{Kerbalmaps|-11.38334|27.31667|Ike|text=C}})
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
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<gallery>Ike_MagicBoulder.jpg|The Magic Boulder's resting place</gallery>
  
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*One floating monolith
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=== [[Dres]] ===
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* A wrecked red sports car, likely a reference to the [[w:Falcon Heavy test flight | Falcon Heavy test flight]] ({{Kerbalmaps|1.955|64.1427|Dres|text=C}}).
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
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* The "Dres-teroid Belt" is a spawn area for asteroids between 17.5Mm and 20.5Mm altitude around Dres, forming an asteroid belt after tracking them.
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<gallery>Dresteroid-Belt.jpg|A Dres-teroid Belt seen from the Tracking Station in v1.12
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Dres_sports_car.png|The wrecked sports car in v1.12</gallery>
  
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=== [[Jool]] ===
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* Even though the "surface" of Jool is inaccessible (since it is a gas giant and parts are destroyed due to the pressure), there are still science logs for having landed on Jool: "You're not sure how you even landed on the surface of a gas giant. But it's probably best not to think about it for too long."
  
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*Giant Kerbal face
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=== [[Laythe]] ===
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*Spirit's camera, buried in the soil
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* There are two biomes on Laythe named for famous popular science figures - the Sagan Sea and the Degrasse Sea, named for [[w:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] and [[w:Neil deGrasse Tyson|Neil deGrasse Tyson]] respectively.
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
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===[[Ike]]===
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* A whale skeleton and shattered bowl of petunias, a reference to Douglas Adam's [[w: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']] ({{Kerbalmaps|0.07223|-162.525|Laythe|text=C}})
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<!-- * A [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Creeper Creeper] on the north pole of Laythe (Verified to be not there in stock; delete or give coordinates)-->
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<gallery>Laythe WhaleSkeleton.jpg|Laythe's Whale Skeleton and Petunias</gallery>
  
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*Magic Boulder
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=== [[Vall]] ===
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* Stonehenge formation, sometimes known as Vallhenge ({{Kerbalmaps|-60.0862|83.7801|Vall|text=C}})
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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<gallery>Vall Henge.png|The Vallhenge</gallery>
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=== [[Tylo]] ===
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* A Cave-like formation can be found at {{Kerbalmaps|40.1996|174.0016|Tylo|text=C}}. Between [[0.23]] and [[1.1.2]] the cave was inadvertently placed hundreds of metres below the ground, but after [[1.1.3]] it has been fixed, and is once again on the surface.
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* Although since removed, there was once a crater with a faint image of Carl Sagan's face coloring the terrain.
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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=== [[Bop]] ===
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* Dead [[Deep Space Kraken]] ({{Kerbalmaps|68.43|117.03|Bop|text=C}})
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* Large Orange Circle ({{Kerbalmaps|-4.74|-72.77|Bop|text=C}})
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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<gallery>Bop_Deep_Space_Kraken.png|The dead Kraken.</gallery>
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=== [[Pol]] ===
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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=== [[Eeloo]] ===
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* A snowkerbal made out of old rusted parts ({{Kerbalmaps|25.9968|110.5917|Eeloo|text=C}})
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* One [[Green Monolith]] (Randomly spawns for each game)
  
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===[[Laythe]]===
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<gallery>Eeloo-snowman.png|The Snowkerbal.</gallery>
  
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*None known
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=== [[Asteroid|Asteroids]] ===
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* In rare cases, asteroids can be discovered with a texture featuring glowing cracks in a variety of colors, very similar to the original Magic Boulder, which orbited Ike. (With the [[Making History|Making History DLC]] pack enabled, the mission builder labels them as Glimmeroids in the spawnables section.)
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<gallery>
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Magic Boulder Asteroid.png|A "magic" asteroid with glowing fissures.
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</gallery>
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<!--ALTHOUGH I LOATHE STILL SEEING THIS I respect your right to talk about it, so I will leave it be. -Nova  -->
  
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===[[Vall]]===
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=== Easter Egg Narrative ===
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In a forum post from late 2013,<ref>[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/54893-duna-sstv-transmission/&page=3#comment-854276 Kerbal Space Program forum post dated 23 December, 2013]</ref> [[Squad]] member Jeff C.(NovaSilisko) described an idea he had for connecting many easter eggs into a story concerning a civilization which predated the Kerbals. Experiments with interstellar travel resulted in the homeworld of this "precursor civilization" being flung out into an extremely distant orbit. Before they froze to death, they launched monoliths and other messages onto many planets and moons in hopes of seeding intelligent life. Instead, they created Kerbals, not-so-intelligent life.
  
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*Stonehenge formation at south pole
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The planet would not show up in any map and would be too distant to be observed with a telescope, making locating it by chance nearly impossible. However, players would be able to find transmitters beaming out SSTV signals on various bodies, each one of which would provide part of the orbital parameters necessary to locate it. The planet would be a bit smaller than [[Kerbin]], covered in ruined cities and frozen oceans, and perpetually in twilight due to being so far from [[Kerbol]].
  
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===[[Tylo]]===
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The only element of this narrative which made it into the game is the SSTV transmitter on [[Duna]], which transmits an image originally intended to depict 4 members of the precursor civilization standing on their homeworld, with the logo of their government. Had the narrative story been completed, it would also have contained part of the orbital parameters. Because the story was never implemented into the game, this explanation for the SSTV signal's imagery is arguably non-canon.<ref>http://pastebin.com/3vvjushy</ref>
  
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*Crater with Carl Sagan's face
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== Miscellaneous ==
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*Cave-like underground formation
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=== [[Kerbal]]s ===
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* The color of the Kerbals' skin is close to is <tt>#BADA55</tt> ({{ColorBox|#BADA55}}) in hexadecimal but does not match it exactly. The hexadecimal RGB value spells like “badass” in leetspeak. Some say <tt>#84D455</tt> ({{ColorBox|#84D455}}) is the color of a Kerbal which is even further away than <tt>#BADA55</tt>. This connection is rumored, because Kerbals can have a BadS flag, which is usually interpreted as ''badass'', and - when creating custom Kerbals - there are checkboxes for "Veteran" and "Badass".
  
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===[[Bop]]===
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<gallery>Skin color comparison.svg|An average of the skin color in Kerbal arm textures compared to the rumored colors</gallery>
  
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*Dead [[Deep Space Kraken]]
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=== [[IVA]] ===
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* Some of the cockpits have post-it notes and other humorous writings inside them. The writing is somewhat blurry on normal settings and hard to read, but still legible. For transcripts of the notes, see the respective part pages.
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* When double-clicked on the screen which says "docking mode" in the [[Mk1 Cockpit|Mk1 Cockpit]], the IVA view changes to show upwards through the window on the top-back of the cockpit with a flight console. This suggests Kerbals can leave (or rotate?) their seats to make it easier to dock. It should be designed to be used with [[Inline Clamp-O-Tron]]. This also works in the second seat of the [[Mk2 Inline Cockpit|Mk2 Inline Cockpit]].
  
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=== [[Parts]] ===
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* On the [[Z-100 Rechargable Battery Pack|Z-100]] and [[Z-400 Rechargable Battery]], the logo claims the batteries are Batt Man Batteries. This is a reference to [[w:Batman|Batman]].
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* On the [[Communotron 88-88]] is the hexadecimal number 0x62656570. When 0x62656570 is converted to ASCII it spells "beep".
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* Also on the [[Communotron 88-88]], is the serial number 04101957, which is the launch date of [[w:Sputnik 1|Sputnik 1]], 4 October 1957.
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* When the [[Mystery Goo™ Containment Unit]] is opened, revealing the holes, if one looks very closely in them, a faint smiley face can be seen. There is also "Containment Vessel" sign inside of it
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* When the [[SC-9001 Science Jr.]] is open, a message can be seen printed on the rear of the bay reading "Danger! Science Stuff" and [[w:Biological_hazard|Biohazard]] sign.
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* Also, the name of the part is a reference to [[w:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] from [[w:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]] and the [[w:It's Over 9000!|Over 9000]] meme.
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* Two [[w:COSPAR designation|COSPAR designation]]s and names of both the [[w:International Space Station|International Space Station]] and [[w:Mir|Mir]] (in [[w:Cyrillic script|Cyrillic script]]) are printed on the [[Mobile Processing Lab MPL-LG-2]] hull.
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* The [[FL-T200 Fuel Tank]] has a very faint drawing on it which can just about be observed when fully zoomed in. The drawing becomes more visible during re-entry and appears to depict a failed re-entry procedure which has then been crossed out.
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* The [[Mk3 to Mk2 Adapter]] has the word "Kurvy" written on it, most likely a reference to its shape.
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* The [[EAS-4 Strut Connector]] has a cost of 42 which is an obvious reference to The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy's number of answers to the ultimate question.
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* The [[Kelus Mobility Enhancer]] is similar to the ladder on the [[w:A-10 Warthog|A-10]] "Warthog" Close Ground Support Plane.
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* The [[Tail Fin]] resembles the [[w:Sukhoi Su-27|SU-27's]] tailplanes.
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* The LY series landing gear is a dual reference to Akron, Ohio-based "Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company" and Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story Franchise. On the tires,"Lightyear" is written.
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* The Kerbodyne Launch escape system has the designation A-004, a reference to [[w:A-004|A-004]], the final test of the Apollo launch escape system
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* The [[Probodobodyne HECS]] says in the product description: "Despite concerns that one day, autonomous spacecraft cores could become self-aware and turn against their creators, or even become very stubborn against opening pod bay doors, Probodobodyne insists that these unmanned AI-driven devices are the way of the future." This is a reference to ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', in which the self-aware computer system HAL-9000 becomes very rebellious and eventually refuses to open the pod bay doors for the human astronaut Dave Bowman.
  
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<gallery>LadderWarthogComparison.jpg|A comparison between the ladder in-game and the ladder on the A-10.</gallery>
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*The PB-NUK radioscope thermoelectric generator description says ‘not to be used a heating during emergency rover exursions’
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This is a reference to The Martian, a book and movie where the main character, Mark Watney, uses a similar generator as a heat source when he drives across the surface of Mars.
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=== Loading Screen ===
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* While not that much of an Easter Egg instead of a reference, the loading screen makes a reference to [[w:The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]], stating "[[w:Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything#Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29|Answering Ultimate Question]]" one of the well known phrases from the book.
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* As of 1.2, there are many more 'witty loading hints'.
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* One of the loading hints is "Falling With Style...", which may be a reference to Toy Story when Buzz says, "This isn’t flying, this is falling with style!"
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* One of the loading hints is "Liking Ike", a reference to Dwight D Eisenhower's presidential campaign.
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* Another one of the loading hints is "Flying Safe", a reference to Scott Manley.
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== Main Menu ==
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* One of the two main menu images is that of a [[Kerbal]] standing on the Mun's surface, with Kerbin in the background. There is a 1 in 40 chance that a sand castle made of [[Mun]] dust can be seen near his feet.
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File:muncastle.png|The Mun dust castle.
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</gallery>
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== Other ==
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* On the website "Kerbal Maps" - which shows maps of all the planetary bodies in the game - the URL contains the word "finitemonkeys", this being a reference to "The Infinite Monkey Theorem".
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== Scenarios ==
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* During the Space Station One scenario, by zooming out far enough to show the planetary map, a ship by the name of '[[Kerbal XX]]' can be seen orbiting around Duna in a near-equatorial orbit (as of 0.23)
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<gallery>
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File:Kerbal XX (1.12.5).png|Kerbal XX from the Station 1 scenario.
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</gallery>
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== [[Patcher]] ==
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*If you look into the patcher log, before updating, the log says "HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS!"
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== References ==
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<references />
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== See also ==
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* “[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJBSea-3DHs Visiting the Magic Boulder In Kerbal Space Program]” video by Scott Manley

Latest revision as of 22:24, 7 December 2024

“ An Easter Egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in a work such as a computer program, video game, movie, book, or crossword.

— Easter egg (media) on Wikipedia

 ”


In Kerbal Space Program, this corresponds to any anomaly that has been hidden in the game on the surfaces of bodies in the Kerbol System the Main Menu, in IVAs, and any other applicable area by the developers. This does not include bugs like terrain glitches.

Celestial Bodies

Moho

  • Although originally a terrain glitch, the Mohole (a large, steep vertical "tunnel" at Moho's north pole) is often considered an Easter egg, and indeed was later "canonized" by the developers, being given its own biome (the "Northern Sinkhole") and KerbNet anomaly marker.
  • One Green Monolith (Randomly spawns for each game)

Eve

  • The aforementioned Monolith.

Gilly

Kerbin

  • The second space center, or "KSC2".

  • The crashed flying saucer.

  • The toilet found in the rubble of the Astronaut Complex

  • The smiley face on the seafloor can be seen faintly in the left half of this map, just south of the equator.

  • The smiley face with enhanced contrast.

Mun

  • A Monolith (or Munolith) on the Mun.

Minmus

  • The only Minmus monolith.

Duna

  • Duna's Kerbal Face Rock

  • Duna's SSTV hill in v1.12

  • The Stranded rover (higher resolution image needed!)

Ike

  • The Magic Boulder - The magic boulder used to orbit Ike at an altitude of 15 km with zero eccentricity and an inclination of 80 degrees. The collision mesh of the magic boulder did not match its visible surface, which could result in ships apparently digging into the surface with no ill effect. It would also cause ships to explode seemingly spontaneously, sometimes metres away from the surface, displaying "vesselname crashed into Magic Boulder" in the Flight Log. It also had glowing green veins as if radioactive, and there was a Monolith on its leading edge. The boulder had no gravity, did not appear in the map view and could not be targeted, much like any other Easter egg, except in orbit. In 1.12, the Magic Boulder got added to the game again, this time as an easter egg on the surface of Ike (11° 23′ 0″ S 27° 19′ 0″ E)
  • One Green Monolith (Randomly spawns for each game)

  • The Magic Boulder's resting place

Dres

  • A Dres-teroid Belt seen from the Tracking Station in v1.12

  • The wrecked sports car in v1.12

Jool

  • Even though the "surface" of Jool is inaccessible (since it is a gas giant and parts are destroyed due to the pressure), there are still science logs for having landed on Jool: "You're not sure how you even landed on the surface of a gas giant. But it's probably best not to think about it for too long."

Laythe

  • Laythe's Whale Skeleton and Petunias

Vall

  • The Vallhenge

Tylo

  • A Cave-like formation can be found at 40° 11′ 58″ N 174° 0′ 5″ E. Between 0.23 and 1.1.2 the cave was inadvertently placed hundreds of metres below the ground, but after 1.1.3 it has been fixed, and is once again on the surface.
  • Although since removed, there was once a crater with a faint image of Carl Sagan's face coloring the terrain.
  • One Green Monolith (Randomly spawns for each game)

Bop

  • The dead Kraken.

Pol

Eeloo

  • The Snowkerbal.

Asteroids

  • In rare cases, asteroids can be discovered with a texture featuring glowing cracks in a variety of colors, very similar to the original Magic Boulder, which orbited Ike. (With the Making History DLC pack enabled, the mission builder labels them as Glimmeroids in the spawnables section.)

  • A "magic" asteroid with glowing fissures.

Easter Egg Narrative

In a forum post from late 2013,[2] Squad member Jeff C.(NovaSilisko) described an idea he had for connecting many easter eggs into a story concerning a civilization which predated the Kerbals. Experiments with interstellar travel resulted in the homeworld of this "precursor civilization" being flung out into an extremely distant orbit. Before they froze to death, they launched monoliths and other messages onto many planets and moons in hopes of seeding intelligent life. Instead, they created Kerbals, not-so-intelligent life.

The planet would not show up in any map and would be too distant to be observed with a telescope, making locating it by chance nearly impossible. However, players would be able to find transmitters beaming out SSTV signals on various bodies, each one of which would provide part of the orbital parameters necessary to locate it. The planet would be a bit smaller than Kerbin, covered in ruined cities and frozen oceans, and perpetually in twilight due to being so far from Kerbol.

The only element of this narrative which made it into the game is the SSTV transmitter on Duna, which transmits an image originally intended to depict 4 members of the precursor civilization standing on their homeworld, with the logo of their government. Had the narrative story been completed, it would also have contained part of the orbital parameters. Because the story was never implemented into the game, this explanation for the SSTV signal's imagery is arguably non-canon.[3]

Miscellaneous

Kerbals

  • The color of the Kerbals' skin is close to is #BADA55 (   ) in hexadecimal but does not match it exactly. The hexadecimal RGB value spells like “badass” in leetspeak. Some say #84D455 (   ) is the color of a Kerbal which is even further away than #BADA55. This connection is rumored, because Kerbals can have a BadS flag, which is usually interpreted as badass, and - when creating custom Kerbals - there are checkboxes for "Veteran" and "Badass".

  • An average of the skin color in Kerbal arm textures compared to the rumored colors

IVA

  • Some of the cockpits have post-it notes and other humorous writings inside them. The writing is somewhat blurry on normal settings and hard to read, but still legible. For transcripts of the notes, see the respective part pages.
  • When double-clicked on the screen which says "docking mode" in the Mk1 Cockpit, the IVA view changes to show upwards through the window on the top-back of the cockpit with a flight console. This suggests Kerbals can leave (or rotate?) their seats to make it easier to dock. It should be designed to be used with Inline Clamp-O-Tron. This also works in the second seat of the Mk2 Inline Cockpit.

Parts

  • On the Z-100 and Z-400 Rechargable Battery, the logo claims the batteries are Batt Man Batteries. This is a reference to Batman.
  • On the Communotron 88-88 is the hexadecimal number 0x62656570. When 0x62656570 is converted to ASCII it spells "beep".
  • Also on the Communotron 88-88, is the serial number 04101957, which is the launch date of Sputnik 1, 4 October 1957.
  • When the Mystery Goo™ Containment Unit is opened, revealing the holes, if one looks very closely in them, a faint smiley face can be seen. There is also "Containment Vessel" sign inside of it
  • When the SC-9001 Science Jr. is open, a message can be seen printed on the rear of the bay reading "Danger! Science Stuff" and Biohazard sign.
  • Also, the name of the part is a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Over 9000 meme.
  • Two COSPAR designations and names of both the International Space Station and Mir (in Cyrillic script) are printed on the Mobile Processing Lab MPL-LG-2 hull.
  • The FL-T200 Fuel Tank has a very faint drawing on it which can just about be observed when fully zoomed in. The drawing becomes more visible during re-entry and appears to depict a failed re-entry procedure which has then been crossed out.
  • The Mk3 to Mk2 Adapter has the word "Kurvy" written on it, most likely a reference to its shape.
  • The EAS-4 Strut Connector has a cost of 42 which is an obvious reference to The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy's number of answers to the ultimate question.
  • The Kelus Mobility Enhancer is similar to the ladder on the A-10 "Warthog" Close Ground Support Plane.
  • The Tail Fin resembles the SU-27's tailplanes.
  • The LY series landing gear is a dual reference to Akron, Ohio-based "Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company" and Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story Franchise. On the tires,"Lightyear" is written.
  • The Kerbodyne Launch escape system has the designation A-004, a reference to A-004, the final test of the Apollo launch escape system
  • The Probodobodyne HECS says in the product description: "Despite concerns that one day, autonomous spacecraft cores could become self-aware and turn against their creators, or even become very stubborn against opening pod bay doors, Probodobodyne insists that these unmanned AI-driven devices are the way of the future." This is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the self-aware computer system HAL-9000 becomes very rebellious and eventually refuses to open the pod bay doors for the human astronaut Dave Bowman.

  • A comparison between the ladder in-game and the ladder on the A-10.

  • The PB-NUK radioscope thermoelectric generator description says ‘not to be used a heating during emergency rover exursions’

This is a reference to The Martian, a book and movie where the main character, Mark Watney, uses a similar generator as a heat source when he drives across the surface of Mars.

Loading Screen

  • While not that much of an Easter Egg instead of a reference, the loading screen makes a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, stating "Answering Ultimate Question" one of the well known phrases from the book.
  • As of 1.2, there are many more 'witty loading hints'.
  • One of the loading hints is "Falling With Style...", which may be a reference to Toy Story when Buzz says, "This isn’t flying, this is falling with style!"
  • One of the loading hints is "Liking Ike", a reference to Dwight D Eisenhower's presidential campaign.
  • Another one of the loading hints is "Flying Safe", a reference to Scott Manley.

Main Menu

  • One of the two main menu images is that of a Kerbal standing on the Mun's surface, with Kerbin in the background. There is a 1 in 40 chance that a sand castle made of Mun dust can be seen near his feet.

  • The Mun dust castle.

Other

  • On the website "Kerbal Maps" - which shows maps of all the planetary bodies in the game - the URL contains the word "finitemonkeys", this being a reference to "The Infinite Monkey Theorem".

Scenarios

  • During the Space Station One scenario, by zooming out far enough to show the planetary map, a ship by the name of 'Kerbal XX' can be seen orbiting around Duna in a near-equatorial orbit (as of 0.23)

  • Kerbal XX from the Station 1 scenario.

Patcher

  • If you look into the patcher log, before updating, the log says "HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS!"

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAu43eYhEDI
  2. ↑ Kerbal Space Program forum post dated 23 December, 2013
  3. ↑ http://pastebin.com/3vvjushy

See also

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