Martians Re: [pct-l] Fw: Might want to put this on your calendar

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

Yes..it is two years old. We saw the  "event" from the Sierra near
YNP...
-
it was nice but not as near as spectacular as it was hyped to be,.

It is ancient history. 

But what I can't figure out ..is why the Martians landed and fought 
and hissy-fitted and kicked and spit and got Tom Cruise all in a dither 

-- all over....

**New Jersey**....

gesssssssssss,**New Jersey**....if they asked I am sure we
would have just given them **New Jersey**....

Miles of Smiles...



R
At 11:42 PM 6/20/2005 EDT, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>Well, someone is doing a good job bringing it back.  A stack of flyers, 
>printed word for word, including CAPS was left in my companies breakroom a
couple 
>weeks ago.
>
>Sly
>
>
>In a message dated 6/20/2005 11:22:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>Tortoise73@charter.net writes:
>
>> I checked this out previously. The event happened in 2003 so we years late.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> larry hillberg wrote:
>> >Does anyone know if the attached is true?  If so, the
>> >folks on our western mountain crests are due for some
>> >mighty special nights this year.
>> >
>> >I'll never forget one night on the PCT, a day or so
>> >north of Hyatt Lake, sans tent and flat on my back,
>> >watching the Perseid meteors streak overhead.
>> >
>> >Larry H
>> >
>> >------------------------------------------------------
>> >The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month
>> >and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an
>> >encounter that will culminate in the closest approach
>> >between the two planets in recorded history. The next
>
>> >time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the
>> >way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its
>> >orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has
>> >not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years,
>> >but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it
>> >happens again.
>> >
>> >The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars
>> >comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be
>> >(next to the moon) the brightest object in the night
>> >sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will
>> >appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power
>> >magnification
>> >
>> >Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked
>> >eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of
>> >August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach
>> >its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
>> >
>> >By the end of August when the two planets are closest,
>> >Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest
>> >point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient
>> >to see something that no human being has seen in
>> >recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the
>> >beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively
>> >brighter and brighter throughout the month.
>> >
>> >Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO
>> >ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN!
>
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