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Solstice Moon Illusion; Summer Theology

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First, the Solstice Moon Illusion. According to NASA it's happening tonight. They've posted a very thorough explanation, because they're nice people. By 'they', I clearly mean Dr. Tony Phillips, who is credited as the author of the page.

This should be awesome, especially because you can only see it with your eyes. If anyone goes to look, don't bother bringing a film camera, because apparently they won't capture the extra-super-large moon. Digital cameras might - the article isn't entirely clear on that point. The photo must have come from somewhere, although I suppose it could be one of their 'illustrations'.

It is called the Moon Illusion for a reason, I suppose. One of the many nifty charts lists moonrise times for various parts of the US. For Washington DC, look outside at 9.03 pm EDT.

Second, the totally unrelated picture attached to this post. This is about all the theology I'm interested in handling for the month of June. Aside from editing that paper, of course. My inner thirteen year old girl can't resist the urge to post an LOLCat every once in a while.

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I am a geek

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And because I am a geek, I have made a new header for my blog out of photos of Mars that have recently been sent back by Phoenix.

The Mission Overview and all of the images which have been sent back so far can be found on the NASA website, along with other information about the mission.

The photos I used, from left to right:

On Solid Ground
First Look at Martian Arctic Plains
Polygon on Mars
Icy, Patterned Ground on Mars

Some may remember that a while ago there was a major breakthrough - evidence of the presence of water and ice on Mars. The Pheonix was sent to the north pole of Mars gather samples of water ice and the local soil for scientific analysis.

Also because I am a geek, I think this is pretty awesome. If anyone's counting, Phoenix is the sixth confirmed landing of American spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
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