Something Amazing!

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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]The RED planet watch for it. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Mars [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]60,000 years before it happens again. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]The encounter will culminate on August 27th when [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]75-power magnification [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye! [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Mars will be easy to spot. At the [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]By the end of August when the two planets are [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]convenient to see something that no human being has [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]the beginning of August to see Mars grow [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]progressively brighter and brighter throughout the [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]month. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Share this with your children and grandchildren. [/font][/size]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN[/size][/font]
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[doggonefishin]

Cool!, thank you for sharing that info. I just might have to break out the old telescope to see that. Just one question, Does an ultra bright Mars have the same effect on fishing that a full moon does??? []
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[guppyslayer]

cool!

i hope i remember to check it out.

several years ago when i lived in Oregon, there was another rare event that occurred. The moon and 2 planets formed a line, errr...how to say (lol)...they were arranged in the sky in a linear formation and were relatively close in proximity.

I took my daughter and my buddies kids up to Mt. St. Helens to check it out..it was pretty cool.

cyas
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[lurechucker]

That explains it!

Last time I went fishing, I saw a strange dude there on the shore. I snapped a picture of him. Anybody recognize him?



lurechucker
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[RipNLips]

Sorry guys, extract the hook from your mouths, it's a hoax based on a 2003 event. We will however still get a pretty good look at it this year...... at the end of October, and it will look nowhere near the size of the moon, and didn't in 2003 either. If it did look the size of the moon, its gravity would alter Earth's orbit and raise terrible tides, and we don't want that to happen because it would mess up the fishin'.
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[outdoorfanatic]

A REAL event to look at in august is the perseid meteor shower on August 12th. You should see about 1 meteor a minute. I'm planning on going to the Uintas to spend the night to watch it. If you have never seen a meteor shower, this is the perfect chance because it falls on a weekend. The peak will actually be about 2 a.m. on Friday morning, but Friday night should still be excellent. I've watched this shower before, and I've seen some amazing things, including a few meteors that blow up in mid-air!