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The Deep Impact/EPOXI probe took rare video footage (May 28-29) of the Moon transiting (passing in front of) the Earth. From 31 million miles, we look pretty small.

(via Discover, via Notcot)

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For those of you who missed this the first time, and for those of you just dropping by on the BALLOONACY internet balloon race, here’s the “Sweded” version of Aliens that friends and I filmed a couple of months ago.

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

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Here at Blogadilla, Google Ads picked up on the key word “Mars” (in a few recent posts below) and produced this Yahoo Travel information ad in our ad space:

A few observations:
• “Save up to 70% at Yahoo Travel” – that means getting to Mars will now only cost you $115,800,000.

• A “candid review” of Mars as a travel destination?!

“Mars . . . looks pretty from space, but when you get there . . . what a frozen sh!thole!”

“Mars – Like New Mexico without the turquoise jewelry . . . and more New Age wackos.”

“Mars – Smells worse than New Jersey, but better than Uranus.

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An image of the Phoenix Mars Lander, taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (note the heat shield on the bottom right).

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So far, most of the photos sent by the Phoenix Lander (on Mars) are black and white (or bad false-color images). So . . . here are some good false color images from the Phoenix Lander, colorized and processed by me at Timbotron Heavy Industries Imaging Laboratories:

The barren circumpolar plains – the landing site of the Phoenix Lander.

A vertical cross-section of the horizon and terrain around the lander; a solar panel of the lander fully deployed.

An image of the Phoenix Lander sailing downward through Mars’s atmosphere (you can see the parachute), photo taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; an image of the Lander’s footpad in Martian soil.

Bonus Round: Cool animation of the Phoenix Lander’s descent.

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Less than an hour ago, the NASA/JPL Phoenix Lander touched down near the northern polar cap of our planetary neighbor, Mars.

Currently, the only information offered on the NASA and University of Arizona sites is that the craft has sent a radio transmission reporting that it safely landed.

Keep your eyes peeled on these sites tonight for the first glimpse of the Martian polar region (perhaps ice or glaciers will be visible):

• NASA’s Phoenix Lander site

• The JPL Phoenix Lander site

• The University of Arizona Phoenix Lander site

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