Yes, Mars is so close now you could reach out and touch it <grin>. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: Re: Mars > I must tell you this. I was listening to the radio while on manoevres > driving around central London today, and this business of Mars being at > it's closest to Earth for millenia etc is a right old occasion for the > 'space experts' to be wheeled out and spout off loads a sheeeeeyite about > planet-watching etc etc. Anyway, a commercail radio station that shall > remain nameless (but was in fact Jazz FM - which actually is brilliant > and my fav in London) uses a generic Independent Radio News (IRN) > bulletin material source for things like this. Up pops this woman who > clearly was just bobbling along about where to look in the sky etc etc > and she says something like this: > > "...yes and it will be perfectly visible with the naked eye, and if you > have access to a telescope you might even be able to make out things like > dust storms and the big red spot - " > > > I laughed so hard I nearly shunted a black cab into the middle of next week! > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _____________________________ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03
