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BEWARE THE MARS HOAX:
Just when you thought it was safe to read your email.... There's a rumour going around the internet: On August 27th, Mars will come so close to Earth, it'll look as large as the full Moon. Not! Science@NASA exposes the hoax.
Above: Mars and the Moon, photographed side by side in July 2003 when Mars was even closer to Earth than it is now. "Do you think the Red Planet could really grow to be larger in the sky that a full Moon?" asks photographer Rick Stankiewicz of Ontario, Canada.
Although Mars won't look as big as the Moon this weekend, it is approaching Earth, and it is a pretty sight. Look for Mars, bright and red, almost directly overhead before sunrise: sky map.
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EYE-CATCHING MARS: This week Mars and Earth are having a historic close encounter. The last people to see Mars so nearby were Neanderthals some 60,000 years ago. To the naked eye, Mars looks like a dazzing butterscotch-colored star. You can see it not long after sunset. Look southeast near the horizon. By midnight Mars lies high in the southern sky. Right: Using a 16-inch telescope, Don Parker of Coral Gables, Florida, took this picture on August 24th . The oval feature near the middle is known as the "Eye of Mars."
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----// 27 aug 2005
BEWARE THE MARS HOAX:
Just when you thought it was safe to read your email.... There's a rumour going around the internet: On August 27th, Mars will come so close to Earth, it'll look as large as the full Moon. Not! Science@NASA exposes the hoax.
Above: Mars and the Moon, photographed side by side in July 2003 when Mars was even closer to Earth than it is now. "Do you think the Red Planet could really grow to be larger in the sky that a full Moon?" asks photographer Rick Stankiewicz of Ontario, Canada.
Although Mars won't look as big as the Moon this weekend, it is approaching Earth, and it is a pretty sight. Look for Mars, bright and red, almost directly overhead before sunrise: sky map.
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----// 27 aug 2003
EYE-CATCHING MARS: This week Mars and Earth are having a historic close encounter. The last people to see Mars so nearby were Neanderthals some 60,000 years ago. To the naked eye, Mars looks like a dazzing butterscotch-colored star. You can see it not long after sunset. Look southeast near the horizon. By midnight Mars lies high in the southern sky. Right: Using a 16-inch telescope, Don Parker of Coral Gables, Florida, took this picture on August 24th . The oval feature near the middle is known as the "Eye of Mars."
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