LAST EDITED ON 03-05-11 AT 07:57 AM (EST)

VG: Thanks so much for posting! Is it possible to know which day these were taken from? I wonder if these shots are before the challenge? If so, they won't be helpful to us in determining which tribe is off to TC....

I am wondering what those blue tiles, cards? are next to Mike on the bench...did they come in tree mail? And, he is holding something that has a cord around it on his lap? I can't help but think these might be before the challenge?

ETA: I took a trip to Sucks and Mayan Sun and Kona have answered my questions. First of all, Mayan Sun found the idol...

Look just above Phillip's wrist/buff.

Then Kona noted the time stamps:

All of the press images above were taken Day 9 (24 August) so the Omes should have the idol.

The three RI shots were at about 11 AM

The eight Ome shots were taken between 1 - 2 PM

The six Zap shots were taken between 4 - 4:30 PM

Volcanic Glass noted that the RI duel will be on day 10...and we all suspect that the Ep 4 RC/IC will also be on day 10. So, the time stamps won't help us this week...

Now that we know these shots are not post challenge, it's easy to see how much more relaxed they all look, imo....