Posted on 12/20/2005 1:37:31 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY
I was on the old APOD ping list... sad when it stopped =(
That is an artist's rendering. There are alot of photos in that archive that have pics of the actual rovers on Mars taken of themselves.
From The Barren Moon
...life on the Moon was reported in August of 1835 in a series of sensational stories first published by the New York Sun - apparently intended to improve the paper's circulation. These descriptions of lunar life received broad credence and became one of the most spectacular hoaxes in history. Supposedly based on telescopic observations, the stories featured full, lavish accounts of a Moon with oceans and beaches, teeming with plant and animal life and climaxing with the report of sightings of groups of winged, furry, human-like creatures resembling bats!
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