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From: Wonderland
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posted July 25, 2009 03:09 AM         

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So my Pisces friend as informed me that Mars will be the closest to Earth on August 27th the day of my Grandma's birthday, the day after my birthday...O.o

It probably will not happen again in a a very long time and she said it will probably be as big as the Moon to the naked eye..

Should I be weary of this?

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posted July 25, 2009 06:27 AM         

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That would be so awesome!

Well, except for what it would do to the tides, and possibly even fault lines.

Not that I think it's going to get THAT close, I'm just saying that would be cool to look up and see a planet in the sky like that.

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posted July 25, 2009 11:55 AM         

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as big as the moon?

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posted July 25, 2009 12:58 PM         

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Thanks for posting this CK, but it's not happening this summer.....

See Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

This has been circulating in email for years (sorry to be a wet blanket )
I wouldn't be either wary or weary

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From: Wonderland
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posted July 26, 2009 05:27 AM         

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Well I guess I don't have to worry about my grandma turning into super granny on her birthday XD.

Bummer, thanks for the article though.

Weary and wary lol I think I do both around birthday times haha.

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posted July 27, 2009 11:45 AM         

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the snopes piece has some great info, thanks!

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