Landing Site (Temple Grounds)

The Landing Site is the small cave in which Samus Aran crash-lands her Gunship at the Temple Grounds of Aether because of the environmental storms of this world. It is the first room in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and the demo on the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc.
==Description==
The Landing Site is the first and last room seen in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The room's name is odd, considering it was not intended to be Samus' point of landing, nor does it seem optimised by the Luminoth for ships.
The room contains a variety of different height pillars, with glowing red crystals attached to them on differing sides. These were once apparently a means of energy conversion and distribution, but have since fallen in to disrepair due to lack of maintenance, and are now only decorative. However, one statue has a purple crystal, and will move from its position to serve as a platform to a higher area of the room, if hit by a shot of Light matter. The body of the Keybearer M-Dhe can be found here, on the ledge which connects to Service Access.
Also in the room is a form of gear design moulded into the floor, but this too has no other obvious purpose other than decoration. Originally, three Luminoth Webbing clusters block access to the next room on ground level, but once they have been removed by Samus, they do not return.
At the end of the game, auto-repair functions on Samus's Gunship are complete, and she returns to the room to board the ship and leave Aether. Before she does so, she is seen removing her Varia Suit, and posing for a moment in her Zero Suit. This can only be seen if 75% of pickups are acquired.
The Landing Site's Dark Aether counterpart was the Defiled Shrine.
==Connecting rooms==
*Hive Access Tunnel (via Blue Door)
*Service Access (via Blue Door)
*Agon Transport Access (via Blue Door, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc only)
==Inhabitants==
*Moths
*RedGrass
==Tutorials==
"Return to your ship to save your game and recharge your energy."
"Press and hold / to lock onto a target."
"Tap / to jump."
"Use the Beam to open doors."
==Trivia==
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*In Echoes when first entering this room directly at the start of the game, fire is present on the Gunship and can harm Samus slowly, causing her to receive a Game Over. Also, M-Dhe's body is missing, as well as the Ingsphere Cache's outline (if the Dark Visor is obtained at the start of the game via hacking). This version of the room is immediately gone once the room is reloaded via a save or through entering a Door.
*Within this room, it is possible to glitch the second and third Luminoth Webbing without destroying the center shell. Reloading the room this way will cause the webbing to return, potentially causing Samus to be stuck early on until she can access the Landing Site from the Service Access.
==Gallery==
Samus Gunship Crash landing.jpg|Samus's Gunship comes crashing into the room.
Samus Gunship Echoes Landing.png
Landing_site_web_thingy.jpg
Landing_Site_ledge.png|The higher ledge of the room, entered from Service Access.
Landing Site.png|Samus overlooks the Landing Site from her Gunship.
Landing Site Gunship.png|View of Samus's Gunship from the room's upper level.
Landing Site Map (Echoes Demo).png|Room seen from the Map, Bonus Disc.
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