PULL · 6 OCT 1997 This was
This was
your sky.
Surveyor At Mars
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COSMIC MESSAGE
The Mars Global Surveyor achieved Martian orbit on September 11 and began aerobraking into its final mapping orbit. As part of its test images, the Mars Orbital Camera captured this dramatic detail of a 10-mile-wide swath of a highland valley, part of the Nirgal Vallis system. The image was recorded from an altitude of 250 miles with a resolution of about 30 feet per pixel.
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1997-10-06 · ♎
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Surveyor At Mars
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA
In tropical astrology, 6 OCT 1997 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 6 OCT 1997.
THE ALMANAC FOR 6 OCT 1997
DAY
Monday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 22% lit
POSITION
Day 279 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS