A few of the claims there (particularly that the disk of Mars would appear as large as the full moon) strained my credulity, so I did a quick check and came across http://www.spaceplace.wisc.edu/mars2008.shtml
Needless to say, this is another fine internet hoax. Sorry, Kris On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:49:40AM -0400, lets go sailing wrote: > > > Something amazing to happen in our lives!!!! > > Greetings, > > 27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for......... > > Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. > > It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will Cultivate > on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be Sure to watch > the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am . It will look like the earth has 2 moons. > The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. > > Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again > > > > > Yanni Marinated > S/V Princess Thalia > Columbia 8.7 #73 > Hamilton-Fifty Point @ H3 > N 43.13.406 > W 73.37.431 > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
