EarthSky News - March 23 - Record Low Sea Ice at Both Poles

March 23 Record Low Sea Ice at Both Poles by:

Record low sea ice at both poles Considering both poles in February 2017, Earth essentially lost the equivalent of a chunk of sea ice larger than Mexico, in contrast to the average global minimum for 1981-2010. Does Mars sometimes have rings? Mars' closer moon Phobos might alternate between becoming a planetary ring and clumping together to form a moon. Tonight … A tangle of stars in Berenices' Hair Coma Berenices - aka Berenices' Hair - requires a dark sky to be seen. But it's worth the effort, a wonderful star cluster! Where's the moon? Waning crescent A waning crescent moon is sometimes called an old moon. It's seen in the east before dawn. Next new moon is March 28 at 02:57 UTC.

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Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Ancient structures in a desolate area of land in surrounded by a Navajo reservation. Around 1,000 years ago, the architects of this place walked away. Photo by Marc Toso.

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