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Old 05-26-2008, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: Mars Lander tonight Live on CNN @ 1900 HRS.

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Originally Posted by cnredd View Post
That can't be a pic...I assume that's an artist's rendering...

The only other possibility, with this being Mars, is that it IS a real picture and it was taken by Ron Paul...
You are half right according to the accompanying caption:
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander a moment before its planned touchdown on the arctic plains of Mars.
Phoenix Mars Lander - Yahoo! News Photos


And this next shot kinda looks like Nevada.



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Picture released by NASA shows the Martian surface around the landing site of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. A NASA probe has sent back never-seen pictures of Mars' north pole after a near perfect landing in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet.
Phoenix Mars Lander - Yahoo! News Photos

Last edited by saltwn; 05-26-2008 at 04:39 PM. Reason: clarity
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