Planets Align for the 4th of July


	Planets Align for the 4th of July

sahara

7-4-2008 10:45 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6cd7e32c-0a39-456e-8e0d-1f94bb825401/177E9465-9B54-48D4-A3C7-F4CBFD5C623E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm" href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">science.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/4B10AD09-D925-48DB-ACB8-7F6973241405" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>July 
                    1, 2008:</STRONG> News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA 
                    forecasts lights in the sky.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, 
                    not <EM>those</EM> lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost 
                    halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of 
                    sunset, a trio of worlds is gathering: Saturn, Mars and the 
                    crescent Moon.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
                    show gets going on <STRONG>Friday, July 4th</STRONG>. Red 
                    Mars and ringed Saturn converge just to the left of the bright 
                    star Regulus. The three lights make a pretty 1st-magnitude 
                    line in the heavens: <A href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/4thofjuly/skymap_04jul08.gif">sky 
                    map</A>.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But 
                  that is just the beginning. On <STRONG>Saturday, July 5th</STRONG>, 
                  with weekend fireworks at fever pitch, a lovely crescent Moon 
                  joins the show. Saturn, Mars, and the Moon trace an even brighter 
                  line than the night before: <A href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/4thofjuly/skymap_05jul08.gif">sky 
                  map</A>.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Scan a small telescope 
                    along the line. You'll see Saturn's rings, the little red 
                    disk of Mars, a grand sweep of lunar mountains and craters, 
                    and just maybe—flash!—a manmade incendiary. How often do you 
                    see fireworks through a telescope?</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now 
                    that's spectacular—no fireworks required.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/177E9465-9B54-48D4-A3C7-F4CBFD5C623E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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