The Day After Mars October 31, 1938 was the day after Martians encountered planet Earth, and everything was calm. Reports of the invasion were revealed to be part of a Halloween radio drama, the now famous broadcast based on H.G. Wells scifi novel War of the Worlds. On Mars October 20, 2014 was calm too, the day after its close encounter with Comet Siding Spring. Not a hoax, this comet really did come within 86,700 miles or so of Mars, about 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance. Earths spacecraft and rovers in Mars orbit and on the surface reported no ill effects though, and had a ringside seat as a visitor from the outer solar system passed by. Spanning over 2 degrees against stars of the constellation Ophiuchius, this colorful telescopic snapshot captures the view of Mars on the day after. Bluish star 51 Ophiuchius at the upper right and the comet is just emerging from the Red Planets bright glare. Image Credit &Copyright:Rolando Ligustri (CARA Project,CAST)
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:43:26 +0000
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