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March 13 Looking for Mars? Just Google It You don't have to go to Mars to get an up close look at the planet's surface. A new website Google Mars (http://mars.google.com) launched today which would have been the 151st birthday of red planet-minded astronomer Percival Lowell offers a planet-wide look at the Martian world. The website draws its Mars map from a global mosaic of more than 17,000 images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft currently circling the red planet. Researchers at the Mars Space Flight Facility of Arizona State University painstakingly stitched the images together into the complete mosaic. The THEMIS camera can photograph Mars in 15 visible and infrared "colors," researchers said. "Mars scientists the world over use THEMIS photos," said ASU planetary geologist Phil Christensen, THEMIS principal investigator, in a statement. "It's great that thanks to Google Mars, now everyone, everywhere can explore this neighbor world using their own computer browser." * Special Report: Odyssey Mission to Mars -- Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Edmond Burke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199765 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
