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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