THE MOON AND MARS... debunked!

"27th Aug. the Whole World is waiting...

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again."

Perhaps you received the above email. This one has been circulating around the Internet for a few years. It simply is just not true! The key part that is often missing in the various forms of the email is that it will look as big as the moon, if you are looking at it through a telescope!

Here's a bit more information taken from "Snopes", http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

Posted by Ted Zarras at 9:01 AM