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[mars loon]

Prof. Jim Bell of Cornell University will present “Postcards from Mars: Spirit and Opportunity Roam the Red Planet” at a lecture on 12 December 2006 on the campus of Princeton University at 8 PM in Peyton Hall (Ivy Lane). Free and open to the public. UMSF forum members especially welcome. The lecture is sponsored by the Amatuer Astronomers Association of Princeton. Please visit the website or contact me for details:
http://www.princetonastronomy.org/

Prof. Bell will also be signing copies of his new, highly praised book “Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet”.

Today (publication day) I received a stack of copies and my review is that its FABULOUS. The book is glossy with high quality reproductions and quite current. Mars fans will love this book. There are over 10 fold out panoramic panels of 3 and 4 pages in width. So now you can savor and contemplate the images. And its vastly superior to a computor monitor.

Although most of the content ends around Sol 600 or so due to publishing deadlines, Jim did manage to include some late breaking and striking images from Home Plate and Erebus. Only the latest images from McMurdo and Victoria are not included.

The book is divided into 3 chapters focusing on the prelaunch history, followed by details on Spirit and Opportunity and concluding with a brief postscript of late breaking images

ken

Ken Kremer

Program Chairman
Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton

http://www.princetonastronomy.org/
mailto: ken@princetonastronomy.org

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

Any chance we could directly buy 'autographed' copies ?
( Maybe bulk-order for interested UMSF forum-members )

Post Scriptum: I can contact Dr Bell as a start? http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/resume.html

[mars loon]

Any chance we could directly buy 'autographed' copies ?
( Maybe bulk-order for interested UMSF forum-members )

I may be able to help with this if people are willing to pay for the book plus the additional shipping and handling charges.

Please contact me quickly in case I need to order additional books

again, the lecture is open to all and please let me know if you wish to attend

ken

Ken Kremer

mailto: ken(at)princetonastronomy(dot)org

[Stu]

I may be able to help with this if people are willing to pay for the book plus the additional shipping and handling charges.

VERY tempting, seeing as Amazon have so BADLY let me down with this book. I ordered it on Nov 1st, and was told delivery within a week... then a two week delay was announced... they've now just informed me I won't get the book until the start of January. Not happy.

Looks a great book.