*Two moons on the 27th August* --- Mars!!

*Two moons on the 27th August*

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.
It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will
cultivate on Aug 27th when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be
sure to watch the sky on Aug 27th 12:30 am It will look like the earth has
2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it
again!!!!

As much as I was looking forward to this spectacular event, I have seen this email the past several years.

Here is the snopes.com web link that tells about this urban legend. There are additional links at the bottom of the article.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Mars Close to Earth"]http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp[/url]

I got it from 2 different people. I don't see how it could look like the moon size but wouldn't be surprised if it is at least looking like a very, very bright star.

That mail is a good way to get people looking up!!