GC34RW0 Traditional Cache November 28th~Red Planet Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 09/24/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 42.335 W104° 11.861 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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The planet Mars is referred to as the "Red Planet" because it appears red in color. Red Planet Day honors our celestial neighbor, the fourth planet in the solar system.

Is Mars truly red in color? Scientists debated this question, even after the Mars Rovers landed and began to explore the planet. Why? Because the lenses used to take photos are tinted.

On Red Planet Day, take a few minutes to look upwards into the sky, and gaze at our neighbor. Hopefully, you will have a cloudless night sky for viewing. You can also recognize this day by reading up about Mars, and viewing pictures of it. There are plenty of pictures online. We've noted some of those sites below in the "More Information"section.

Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of the Spacecraft Mariner 4 on November 28,1964. The 228 day mission of Mariner 4 brought the spacecraft within 6,118 miles of Mars on July 14, 1965.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 05/04/2019 By WalkingDuo
Cached around Strasburg and Bennett today.Repaired containers and logs as needed. My check engine light came on so didn't venture too far from civilization. Enjoyed the Search - Thanks

Found it 05/03/2019 By #1 Beefers
What a great day for caching. Good friend GanderGoose had prepared an excellent plan for us, which we accomplished with no DNFs! Thank you for this placement Imusttravel2000.

Found it 05/03/2019 By GanderGoose
On a geocaching adventure today on the plains with my good buddy, #1 Beefers, and my little buddy, Spartacus Geodog. Thanks for the placement, Imusttravel2000!

Found it 09/16/2018 By jacobboulder
Quick find with my dad. Caching out east today trying to get to a big milestone. Working on the Something Fun series and other caches. SL TFTC!

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Found it 09/09/2018 By IowaGerd
Had to do some maintenance here.

Found it 04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 05/27/2017 By LostinDenver
Tftc on a windy day.

Found it 03/07/2017 By Rohatx
First find of the day on the way to the caching fields. TFTC!

Found it 08/26/2016 By rainman-rwb
Out caching solo today in Colorado. Not sure what town I was in, but the caching was fun. Babysitting at night and caching during the day. Thanks for placing this cache.

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Found it 07/24/2016 By Barasaur
After a couple of weeks of looking at maps and trying to decide on an area to attach LasVegasBones and I picked an area East of DIA along I70. We headed out at 7am and had a great day of caching getting near 140 on the day by 4pm. It is a good thing as a huge storm rolled through raining and hailing so bad people were all stopped on I70 looking like a parking lot waiting for the storm to go over. We headed for home then had dinner before retiring for the night to count our smilies on the map. Thanks for the cache and the fun day on the Colorado plains.

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