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Close Mars Means Close-Up Pictures

Posted by timothy on from the from-below-and-above dept.

Guttata writes " space.com has posted 1 of 2 images taken by Hubble last night, dubbed the best Mars globe photo ever taken. The second image will be posted at 4 p.m. ET. Cool!" aderuwe points to a report on the Hubble site itself. Finally, dpp writes "Space.com is reporting how astronomers using the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) here at the Joint Astronomy Centre have made what are thought to be the sharpest ground-based images of Mars to date. They'll be studying the spectra of the infrared light to look for the signatures of minerals that would indicate the past presence of liquid water, which could have hosted life."

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  1. -1; Offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First "all your base are belong to us" wisecrack.

  2. TOASTER!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
    so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
    thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
    MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. HES AUSTRIAN YOU BIG DOPE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Heh.

    You wanna make out or something you big fag?

  4. So slashdot really is stupid? by Cyno · · Score: 0, Troll

    I know this is a big thing for CNN readers, but slashdot?

    Its just pictures. We've got thousands of those. We sent a freakin probe to survey the geography of the planet. What's so big about this? Is it so close you can almost touch it? Ooo, purty shiney red planet. *snapsnapsnap*

  5. Re:dammit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Space.com is racist!?!