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After humans displayed a high level of incompetence, by being unable to decipher their universal language, which took much effort to draw into cornfields, extra terrestial beings were forced to study the mass of human communication to find universal symbols even an imbecile as a human could understand.

Not much time had passed when their computers spat out a universal symbolic language human kind had developed on their own. And after much discussion in the intergalactic council, the aliens finally decided to leave a message on Mars. Not only were humans displaying an incredible interest in that planet, it would also serve as proof, that this was not just a prank by college students.

I am happy to report, we have received the message from [illegal^*] aliens.

.Happy Mars
Found on The Planetary Society. Image Credits: NASA, JPL, MSSS

^* : As of current legal status.

The following is a picture of our home planet Earth taken by one of the rovers over on Mars, which is a planet in our solar system, as we all hopefully are aware of.

A Speck In The Sky Of Mars: Taken by one of the Mars rovers - [NASA Photo Description].

We see Mars as a small dot in our evening sky, but how often do you think about the perception of the planet you are standing on, from that speck marveled at?

Taken by one of the Mars rovers - [NASA Photo Description].

Through the binoculars the moon looks like a sister planet.

My digital camera is unfortunately not sufficient to take decent photos of this event. But at least I was able to get a couple of snaps, that aren't all that bad.

Moon Eclipse 2007: A sequence of snaps taken in the course of 15 minutes.

Time to go back outside and enjoy the view.

Update

The full moon is back in full display, and strangely I'm feeling a little sad now ...

A sequence of snaps taken in the course of 15 minutes.

The moon is covered by a third by now, and I'm sitting outside enjoying the beauty of this astronomic phenomenon. Like holding a book in front of a lamp and seeing the shadow drop on a carpet, one can determine the shadow drawn not by a book, but by the planet we all inhabit being cast onto the moon.