Comments on: Private: Virginia Trimble on 2009 Year of Astronomy http://earthsky.org/space/virginia-trimble-on-2009-year-of-astronomy A Clear Voice for Science Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kathryn http://earthsky.org/space/virginia-trimble-on-2009-year-of-astronomy/comment-page-1#comment-5629 kathryn Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:12:01 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=4334#comment-5629 <p>I`m nine and I went to <span class="caps">NASA</span> today and I learned that Jupitar has a big red dot on it because of a storm and I really love to learn about space. Bye.</p> I`m nine and I went to NASA today and I learned that Jupitar has a big red dot on it because of a storm and I really love to learn about space. Bye.

]]> By: Jorge Salazar http://earthsky.org/space/virginia-trimble-on-2009-year-of-astronomy/comment-page-1#comment-728 Jorge Salazar Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:52:01 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=4334#comment-728 <p><span class="caps">NASA</span> has a nice <a href="http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mars/olympus.htm" rel="nofollow">write-up</a> on Olympus Mons, not only the largest volcano on Mars but the largest volcano known in our entire solar system. </p> <p>The <span class="caps">HIRISE</span> camera instrument on <span class="caps">NASA</span>’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken some amazing <a href="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/science_themes/volcanic.php" rel="nofollow">pictures</a> of the crimson planet and of its many volcanoes. Good stuff, but don’t let that stop you from seeing it with your own eyes in the night sky. Right now Mars is hidden from us on the other side of the Sun, but check the skywatching section in the coming months for a good time to see it.</p> NASA has a nice write-up on Olympus Mons, not only the largest volcano on Mars but the largest volcano known in our entire solar system.

The HIRISE camera instrument on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken some amazing pictures of the crimson planet and of its many volcanoes. Good stuff, but don’t let that stop you from seeing it with your own eyes in the night sky. Right now Mars is hidden from us on the other side of the Sun, but check the skywatching section in the coming months for a good time to see it.

]]> By: Alamein http://earthsky.org/space/virginia-trimble-on-2009-year-of-astronomy/comment-page-1#comment-5547 Alamein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:08:37 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=4334#comment-5547 <p>can you tell me wat thda biggest volcano is on mars</p> can you tell me wat thda biggest volcano is on mars

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