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by the early 1900s you could open the

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new york times and read in all

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seriousness about the intelligent

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civilization on mars bill says it all

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started in the latter half of the 19th

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century when telescopes had grown

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powerful enough to show the surface of

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mars in considerable detail the best

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views of mars suggested that it was an

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earth-like planet with continents and

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seas

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there were

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dark areas which seemed to be tinted

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either bluish or greenish

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in color and the other areas were

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ochre

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or

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in some people's interpretation tinted

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brick red

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we could see details including the ic

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polar caps which were dazzling white

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suggested there was water on mars we

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could watch those melt

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and that created a real compelling

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illusion that mars