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The Mars hoax is old news. That happened 2 years ago in 2003. Apparently, some people are still circulating old news. The archived articles about Mars's approach can be found at <http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/18jun_approachingmars.htm> and photos from August 27, 2003 can be found at <http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2003/22/>. Janice M. Askew Media Coordinator T. S. Cooper Elem. 237 NC Hwy. 32 South Sunbury, NC 27979 jma0525@earthlink.net On Thursday, August 11, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Robinson, Dan wrote: > For the night owls and early risers... > > Dan Robinson > HW Wilson Company > Bronx, NY > drobinson@hwwilson.com > > > Space Weather News for August 11, 2005 > http://spaceweather.com > > The Perseid meteor shower is underway. The shower's broad peak > extends from August 11th through 13th, with August 12th being best. > If you get away from bright city lights and watch the sky between > local midnight and dawn on Friday morning, August 12th, you can expect > to see dozens to hundreds of meteors. > > The planet Mars is out during the Perseid meteor shower, too. It's > that bright red "star" high in the eastern sky before dawn. Many > Perseid meteors will appear to fly past Mars on Friday morning--a > pretty sight. > > And speaking of Mars, beware the Mars Hoax. A rumor about the red > planet continues to spread via email. The message claims that Mars > will come so close to Earth on August 27th that it looks as big as the > full Moon. In fact, Mars is approaching Earth for a close encounter > in October--not August. October's close approach will indeed be > beautiful, but Mars will never rival the Moon. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ > LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------