These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Friday, August 31, 2018
Mars AS BIG AS the Moon
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Angry Red Planet, still bright and (relatively) close to us in the night skies. For once we seem to have escaped the (false) internet meme that Mars would be "as big as the Moon!" during opposition.
Surface features are starting to peak through as the global dust storm subsides. Still no word (knock on wood) from Opportunity!
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