Actually the reality is NOT so cool , Granny didn't hear this on the web , get this. . . It was printed as fact in our local 'NEWS'paper!!

I still have the article , it was in the Chico 'Enterprise Record'.

The headline read like this , 'Mars to be as big as full moon in once in a lifetime event'

This is on one hand very funny , but also very unfortunate , People really believed this whopper!

They did take the time to print a retraction several days later after the astronomy professor at Chico state went on the proverbial 'rampage' over it.

The real plus side was that said professor decided to invite all who were interested in a free discussion at our local observitory to dispel all rumors , so we got a neat lecture and one thing led to another , soon we were staring at globular clusters and waxing astronomy til the wee hours.

a rare treat in a college town where beer bong engineering is considered a science.