Solar System: Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Fabled in myth and literature, Mars has tickled the fancy of earthbound artists, writers, and philosophers through the ages. Named after Mars, the Roman god of war, this red planet was thought for many years to be the closest in similarity to earth, and so our fiction and film abounds with Martians and invasions from Mars. Early astronomers like Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell even suggested they had seen markings on the planet that resembled canals. The scary side of Mars came to a head in 1938 when Orson Welles presented a radio version of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" dressed up as a series of newscasts and scared the skivvies off a large portion of the American population. We now have closeups of Mars and a number of shots of the surface which pretty well wreck the idea of any imminent invasion from that part of space. The music is from Gustav Holst's seven-movement orchestral suite, The Planets Op. 32. This particular movement is called "Mars, the Bringer of War."

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[DanikaK2]

Great video as always. Mars is fantastic. There is life on Mars or not? What do you think?

[bestjonbon]

Not yet. But there will be. :-)

[uupdown2]

4:50 to 6:00 is where its most epic

[bestjonbon]

@uupdown2

Yes, that's when we get down to the nitty-gritty!

[KSATica]

@thomasford News only the government will ONLY Know until the right time comes when people are more open-minded. Think about religious fundamentals. :)

[Frostbite7000]

My name is Marco which means "Roman God of War" :)

[TheForeignersNetwork]

Sir, I commend your use of Gustav Holst.

[DanikaK2]

@ArBiTeR0000Tactical Sounds creepy. Maybe you are right, I don't know. Unfortunately I don't live in USA

[VinnyMonster1]

Great musical piece and quality video accompaniment!

[InfiniBox]

Guys dicks were really small back then!

[ArBiTeR0000Tactical]

@DanikaK2 Blind people. There are colonies and highly advanced civilizations on Jupiter, Uranis, Saturn and Neptune.

They already have highly advanced technology and they are the ones that are spreading us to earth. We are in fact extra terestrials from these other "Planets". Our government just keeps us under control because they need us as slaves, in order to run this planet, Earth. Soon the Aliens, or "God" will remove us from this planet and take over our home.

[uupdown2]

@thomasford there was news on it, but because they are so small and pretty much insignificant, the world press didn't go barmy over it. and why call me a jackass, what did i ever do to you?1

[thomasford]

No. No they have not found life on mars. Don't you think that there would have been major news on that jackass? The only place where we've found ANY life is right here on earth.

[L3GACYMUSIC]

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