Mars in opposition tonight at 15:57PM CDT

[GreyGeek]

Mars will be directly over head in Western Kenya at that time. It won't rise here in Lincoln until around 7PM CDT, 8.5 hours later, IF I calculated right.

[SteveRiley]

"Mars in opposition" -- that pesky planet, always causing trouble and starting wars

[GreyGeek]

"Mars, bringer of war!" I can hear Holst now. Nice piece of music.

[SteveRiley]

We're working on the first movement in Seattle Wind Symphony. If you think listening to it is fun...playing it is a gas! Much of it is in 5/4 with some interesting across-the-bar syncopation. Whee!

[GreyGeek]

Sounds like fun! Of all the things I regret, one of the most is not learning to play either the piano, violin or French horn.

[lcorken]

Astronomers Earth wide reported mysterious flashes on Mars in groups of 3s.

[GreyGeek]

Astronomers Earth wide reported mysterious flashes on Mars in groups of 3s.

Specular flashes have been observed on the surface of Mars for over 100 years.
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/mars/a...LPO.pdf

The most commonly accepted explanation is that it is Sun light reflected from frost and/or ice on the surface. No unequivocal evidence of life has been found on Mars.

NASA also posted a very reasonable explanation:
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space...u-think-n74931
It seems that the light was seen in the right hand stereographic camera BUT not in the left hand camera.

[SteveRiley]

Sounds like fun! Of all the things I regret, one of the most is not learning to play either the piano, violin or French horn.

Never too late to start. I would recommend piano -- you'll likely find greater selection of teachers, you can get used pianos or keyboards for very reasonable prices, and you can entertain folks wherever a piano happens to be.