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Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

The Gold at Starbow's End

Looking like something that Spirit or Opportunity might see on the surface of Mars, today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is actually a shot from our own Death Valley.
Posted by Frederick Paul Kiesche III at 21:44
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