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Just when you thought you’d seen this for the last time, someone else sends you an email asking if it is true that Mars will look as big as the Moon to the naked eye this August.  Unfortunately, I have already received two such inquiries this year. You know the proverbial tale of telling something to one person and the story has completely changed by the time it makes it around the room? This is a classic example of that. Unfortunately with the internet these days, the story never dies. So if you receive this email or one like it, PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD IT ON! (I have a feeling we’ll need to repost this article on the front page of our website during the summer every year for the next several years).

So what’s the true story? It goes like this…