The Spirit rover has completed a 14-month climb up a hill on Mars, and has sent back pictures. I don't know if I should say this, but if you hadn't told me these were from Mars I might have guessed they were from country not too far south of me here in the rain shadow part of Oregon. (Where I live is much prettier, thanks - but we're not very far from places like this.) Story link.
Also on the Mars Exploration Rovers page, NASA has pictures of Martian dust devils, which makes Mars seem even more like some sort of parallel Oregon universe ;-)
See also Rocky Mountain High: Spirit Rover Surveys its Surroundings by Tariq Malik for the latest on Spirit's Martian trek.
Gem Books from 100 Years Past: 1924
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It was indeed a different era. What was going on in 1924 when these books
were being published and read? The 1924 Paris Olympics, Leopold and Loeb
murders,...
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