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Thread #82321   Message #1508557
Posted By: GUEST,skivee
23-Jun-05 - 10:47 PM
Thread Name: How's this for a party?
Subject: RE: How's this for a party?
In case this hasn't been made clear, Mars will not be a huge red orb in the sky on the night in question.
To the nekkid eye Mars will be about 20% bigger than it would appear on average.
On a clear night, instead of being a
Lttle little little little little orangy dot in the sky
It will be a
little little little little orangy dot in the sky.
No huge looming red planet.
The Moon appears about a zillion times bigger to the eye.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
This image (June 23) clearly shows that the moon is smaller than an ancient temple