In reading this portion of the newsletter I can envision the thought of going outside on a moonless night with a cup of steaming tea and just relaxing in a comfortable lounge chair watching the heavens.  I have always enjoyed star watching.  My mother tried her best to teach me the names and shapes of the heavenly bodies but alas this was not absorbed very well.  To this day I remember her pointing out this and that shape and still wonder “what is she looking at”.

Mars has always held a bit of amazement to us humans and the thought of it being as large as our moon would be phenomenal.   When I first read this article I hurriedly sent off the notice to many and surely I got one back with much anticipation of marking their calendar as I had.  The next one back just as quickly sent me a note of this having been going on since 2003 as a hoax.  The preview, of sorts, as listed as a “power point” show is part of that hoax.  The entire story is here and explained to us non-celestial minds and why the phenomenon as explained cannot be.

http://www.universetoday.com/2007/07/25 … t-27-nope/

I will still take my cup of tea out to the back yard and watch as Mars starts its path across the skies during August, it is always relaxing and soothing to the nerves.  I do remember some years back, probably 2003 that Mars was much brighter and really showed her color off quite well.

Relax and enjoy your cup of tea, I will.

PatB