14 DAY TRIAL // The entire astrological brilliant performance turned out to be a hoax.
And most of us went for it, including myself.
"The skies over Northern California are going to host a special performance starting midnight. On most nights, Venus and Jupiter are the brightest planets in the solar system. But tonight, Mars will appear brighter than any star in the sky, long after Venus and Jupiter will have set below the western horizon. As it turns out, the planets are putting on a show of their own, giving the impression that they're drawing closer and closer together."
This is a quote from..well, me, dated 3 days ago. Apparently, I couldn't be more wrong.
And it all started from an e-mail that promised stunning views of the Red Planet during "it's closest approach to Earth", which was titled "Mars Spectacular".
The only spectacular thing we've witnessed lately was how quickly the message traveled through cyberspace, fooling thousands of people into staring up to the skies and paying good money for necessary "staring" equipment.
The phenomena itself is not a hoax, Mars did make a close pass to Earth, but that happened on August 27, 2003.
Anyway, now they say Mars will indeed shine brighter than anything else in the sky except the Sun, the Moon and Venus, but on October 29. I have nothing to comment upon that.
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