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rockyraccoon
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 11:59:37 GMT -5

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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 2, 2007 11:59:37 GMT -5

well just 1 for texas since they don't have a moon ;D. hope y'all remind me about this!

Two Moons on 27th, August 2007*

*27th August; the day the Whole World is waiting for ......

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 August 27 when Mars comes within 34.65 Million miles of Earth.

Be sure to watch the sky on August 27, at 12:30 a.m. 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.

kim

BuiltonRock driving up their electric bill The greatest achievements are done at home. Member since October 2006 Posts: 2,483	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 12:03:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BuiltonRock on Aug 2, 2007 12:03:49 GMT -5 Thanks Kim, I love this kinda stuff! john Now I have the song "2 Moons of Kentucky" stuck in my head or is that "Blue Moon of Kentucky"?
	Last Edit: Aug 2, 2007 12:17:33 GMT -5 by BuiltonRock Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Matthew 7:24-25

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 12:17:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Aug 2, 2007 12:17:45 GMT -5 That's really interesting, thanks Kim!!
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krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 12:35:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Aug 2, 2007 12:35:30 GMT -5 sorry to burst your bubble, folks, but that is an urban legend: www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp KD
	Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

Tweetiepy gets rocks for Christmas Always looking in the wrong places... Member since January 2005 Posts: 5,421	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 12:40:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 2, 2007 12:40:15 GMT -5 How come Texas has no moon? is this true I wrote this down in my calendar - are we talking the night of August 26-27 or 27-28?

stefan
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 13:05:27 GMT -5

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Post by stefan on Aug 2, 2007 13:05:27 GMT -5

Thank You KD- I remember the 03 approach- it was pretty amazing- But sorry to say that MARS will never appear as large as the full moon to the naked eye (but does give a pretty good show through the telescope- not as good as Jupiter or Saturn- but still worth looking at!)

I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

rockyraccoon
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 13:15:48 GMT -5

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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 2, 2007 13:15:48 GMT -5

so we are 4 yrs late!? well i'm always late but that may be a record lol.

tweetie i don't know why texas doesn't have a moon. but i know they didn't have one at wwr. mitch said it happens all the time but i told him we have a moon in ms. and even though he says we don't sometimes....well i've never seen it missing!

kim

parfive
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 13:28:40 GMT -5

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Post by parfive on Aug 2, 2007 13:28:40 GMT -5

SHAME on you, Kim, for spreading malicious gossip on this board. ;D ;D ;D

But you've got a lot of company, starting with the Maine Farmers' Almanac.
The history of the blue moon:
www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/3304131.html

Rich

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

Tonyterner gets rocks for Christmas Cuttin', cabbin' and havin' fun Member since June 2007 Posts: 6,962	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 14:05:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tonyterner on Aug 2, 2007 14:05:00 GMT -5 Hey KD its good to see that someone else out there checks this stuff out on snopes. My mother is always sending me false emails. Can't get her to look at snopes though.

Lady B
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 15:59:06 GMT -5

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Post by Lady B on Aug 2, 2007 15:59:06 GMT -5

Hey John BuiltonRock, it's not "Blue Moon of Kentucky". You've got the wrong State. It's Arkansas, pig capital of the US and the song is "Blue Moon over My Hammie".

As for there being "Two Moons on 27th, August 2007"...that is absolutely, positively true. My Martian friends were just telling me all about it last night when they were visiting. [They have such a nice rosy glow about them, don'tcha know!

]

Lady B

And Mother Earth spoke to me about her children and Lo! there were the rocks and minerals, the geodes and thundereggs, the crystals and agates. And I clasped them close to my heart. And Mother Earth smiled and welcomed me into her family. And I played with all the children in joy and peace forever as we all tumbled about.

BAZ driving up their electric bill Wintering in Azna, CA Member since December 2005 Posts: 2,212	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 18:43:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BAZ on Aug 2, 2007 18:43:37 GMT -5 Yep, I saw the '03 approach through a scope too. Nice, you could even see the ice caps. But alas it didn't appear to be as close or full as the moon. Just like a REALLY bright star to the naked eye.
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karenfh
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2 moons Aug 2, 2007 20:09:08 GMT -5

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Post by karenfh on Aug 2, 2007 20:09:08 GMT -5

Hate to tell you all, but this is not correct. That email keeps going around and around. I sat up and watched last time, but it didn't happen. Mars really was the closest it had been for gazillions of years (59,000 or something) in 2003 (I think), but it WAS NOT as big as a moon, nor will it ever appear so. Sorry! But that's a good thing, because if it were so, the gravitational pulls would cause some major problems, such as life on earth ceasing to exist, ;D

On the good side, the Perseid meteor shower is coming up Aug. 11-13, and with the moon out of the way, it should make a good showing. Around midnight on Sunday, Aug. 12, and into the early AM of Aug. 13 is supposedly the best time to watch. We used to have a slumber party, and sleep outside on tarps during the August meteor shower. Great memories with young 3rd grade boys, who thought it was pretty darn cool (then).

Surprise: to cause to feel wonder or astonishment by being unexpected. Happens every time I crack (now cut!) a rock.

BuiltonRock driving up their electric bill The greatest achievements are done at home. Member since October 2006 Posts: 2,483	2 moons Aug 2, 2007 22:07:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BuiltonRock on Aug 2, 2007 22:07:42 GMT -5 I love it when someone else besides me is wrong! Is that wrong? john
	Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Matthew 7:24-25

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	2 moons Aug 3, 2007 9:40:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 3, 2007 9:40:04 GMT -5 john i think that is how texas lost their moon. they didn't believe . kim

luv2hound freely admits to licking rocks I try & I try, but dang it! Those rocks just keep ending up in my pockets Member since June 2007 Posts: 890	2 moons Aug 4, 2007 19:57:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by luv2hound on Aug 4, 2007 19:57:33 GMT -5 What do you Texas doesn't have a moon? I look at it almost every night. Some nights it's pretty spectacular. I don't think I'm halucinating. ~~Mitzi~~

drupe fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2005 Posts: 1,245	2 moons Aug 6, 2007 8:32:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drupe on Aug 6, 2007 8:32:31 GMT -5 Kim When I lived in Daytona I saw twin moons on several of the Holiday Inn Surfsides motel balconies during Spring break. Pete
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