The Artifact Location
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The Artifact Location is a website created by Microsoft that was used in the opening of Server 05 in the Halo 3 ARG Iris. ARG players figured that the password was boomerang due to an image of the boomerang nebula revealed earlier.
Changes over time
1.
New York // (Random Symbols)
Seattle // (Random Symbols)
Los Angeles // (Random Symbols)
2.
New York // 081607 // (Random Symbols)
Seattle // 081607 // (Random Symbols)
Los Angeles // 081607 // (Random Symbols)
3.
New York // 081607 // 23:59 // (Random Symbols)
Seattle // 081607 // 21:00 // (Random Symbols)
Los Angeles // 081607 // 21:00 // (Random Symbols)
4.
New York // 081607 // 23:59 // 40.75006 -73.99785
Seattle // 081607 // 21:00 // 47.61440 -122.32059
Los Angeles // 081607 // 21:00 // (False Coordinates corrected in next change)
5.
New York // 081607 // 23:59 // 40.75006 -73.99785
Seattle // 081607 // 21:00 // 47.61440 -122.32059
Los Angeles // 081607 // 21:00 // 3.05099 -188.43814
Uses in Iris
When all changes were completed one of the Iris members went to the coordinates at the time and date and found the server 05 Video playing with the Bounce Path Control URL at the bottom.
