Marsrise over the Moon

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Great picture of Mars and the Moon
   http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/marstuff/alert/mars030717g.jpg

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> From: "Ronald Mak" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Tue Jul 22, 2003  12:54:11  PM America/Denver
> Subject: Marsrise over the moon
>
> I thought you might like this picture which is being sent around here=20=

> at Ames.=A0 It was taken last Thursday, July 17,=A02003 at 4:25 AM EDT=20=

> (8:25 UTC) in Southern Florida. The moon's northern edge grazed Mars=20=

> in a narrow track across the southernmost part of the Florida=20
> peninsula.=A0 The photographers (Don Parker and Jeff Beish) are member=20=

> of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (ALPO), an amateur=20=

> association.
>
> You may have noticed around here last week that Mars and the moon were=20=

> indeed=A0very close together=A0in the sky.=A0 Mars is currently very =
bright=20
> in the eastern part of the sky before midnight.
>
> -- Ron

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