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July 2009 - Mars Myth

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Written by Ken From   
Thursday, 25 June 2009
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Each summer an odd e-mail appears with the fantastic claim that Mars will appear as large as the full moon on some evening in August.  This year I even received a colorful PowerPoint presentation supposedly illustrating this event and claiming that Mars will not be this close again for 60,000 years.  The entire story is a complete fabrication. 
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