- we should be able to see the moon during the total eclipse. It will just be freakishly red. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:51:10 PM EDT From: <rogbarn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: close approach by Mars - For some reason, this comes up every couple of years. Mars did make a remarkable close approach on Aug. 27, 2003 but that was then. This year, Mars will be closest to the Earth in December and, with the lunar eclipse, we won't be able to see one moon, let alone two on August 27th. See the Snopes article for more information at: http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp ---- Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - > Isn't this the night after Mars is supposed to come the closest to Earth? I > remember hearing something about it appearing we have two moons during > August. > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw