Michael Wright

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22:50 EST, March 22, 2012
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The sci-fi movie John Carter is currently in theatres.  Based on the Edgar Rice Burrough’s novels inspired by Perceval Lowell’s Mars, the movie is about the exploits of a Virginia “gentleman” magically transported to Barsoom where he battles Martians and rescues Dejah Thoris, Princess of Mars.

Coincidentally, Mars, along with Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, is visible in the evening sky this month.  Barsoom will be a prime target for the Hastings-Byrne for the next few months.