(no subject)
Tomorrow is Day 2 of recording vocals on the new songs. Wish me luck.
"Beware the Mars Hoax!!
Debunking some really inaccurate data
Many of you might have received it already. The malicious e-mail hoax claiming that, on 27 August, Mars will come extremely close to the Earth. So close in fact, that it will be as large as the "full moon"! It also claims that Mars will easily be visible and only within
56 million km from the Earth. Some of this was true for August 2003. It's totally false now.
Let's quickly set the record straight:
1. For the month of August 2006, Mars will not be easily visible!! It is so close to the western horizon in the glare of the sun as to make it very difficult to discern properly.
2. On 27 August 2006, Mars will not be 56 million km away, it will be 386 million km away. That's pretty much on the other side of the Sun...
3. If Mars is 56 million km from the Earth, it will NOT appear as large as the full moon. In August 2003 Mars came within 56 million km, the closest in 60,000 years, and it was nothing more than a bright speck of light in the sky - the layman wouldn't even have noticed at all. Just think of what will happen to the tides if Mars came so close to the Earth as to be as
large as the "full moon". Total mayhem... So please ignore that hoax!!"
Sorry Cuge, I know you were excited about this, I was too =(
"Beware the Mars Hoax!!
Debunking some really inaccurate data
Many of you might have received it already. The malicious e-mail hoax claiming that, on 27 August, Mars will come extremely close to the Earth. So close in fact, that it will be as large as the "full moon"! It also claims that Mars will easily be visible and only within
56 million km from the Earth. Some of this was true for August 2003. It's totally false now.
Let's quickly set the record straight:
1. For the month of August 2006, Mars will not be easily visible!! It is so close to the western horizon in the glare of the sun as to make it very difficult to discern properly.
2. On 27 August 2006, Mars will not be 56 million km away, it will be 386 million km away. That's pretty much on the other side of the Sun...
3. If Mars is 56 million km from the Earth, it will NOT appear as large as the full moon. In August 2003 Mars came within 56 million km, the closest in 60,000 years, and it was nothing more than a bright speck of light in the sky - the layman wouldn't even have noticed at all. Just think of what will happen to the tides if Mars came so close to the Earth as to be as
large as the "full moon". Total mayhem... So please ignore that hoax!!"
Sorry Cuge, I know you were excited about this, I was too =(