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To: BenLurkin

An incredible comparison: 1877 to 2016

Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli drew this and other detailed maps of Mars during the 1877 opposition


Mars, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope this month as Mars and Earth approached opposition this week


3 posted on 05/21/2016 11:03:05 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: COBOL2Java

Schiaparelli did pretty good at recording the dark areas.

The lines though...his eyes must have been playing tricks on him.


5 posted on 05/21/2016 11:07:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: COBOL2Java

#3 Mars looks like it has North America and South America continents.


16 posted on 05/21/2016 9:49:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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