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August 31, 2003
just came back in
from the backyard where we set up Joe's telescope to check out Mars, which, in case you have been living under a rock and were unaware, is closer than it's been in 60,000 years.
It's the brightest thing in the night sky besides the moon...a big red light in the southwest sky. It's pretty cool. We couldn't see it quite like shown above--there is just too much light pollution, but we could see the polar cap and faint black lines. I think that in the next two weeks or so, we should head over to the Museum of Science and try to really see it. I mean, we'll never have the chance again.
Posted by crystallyn at August 31, 2003 11:08 PM
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