Last night I watched a programme about the Drake Equation – a mathematical way to “estimate” the number of planets in the universe which may have life, capable of transmitting a radio signal we could receive here on Earth.
N=R*•fp•ne•fl•fi•fc•L (source SETI Institute)
For more details look here or look on Wikipedia.
After the programme had finished, whilst looking on the internet for further reading on the Drake Equation I came across this page,
Wow was what I thought – that day it was a panoramic composite shot, from the Phoenix Lander on Mars – go and look and see what is there today.
I added it to my browser bookmark bar and added it to the browser on my iPhone so I would remember to go and look at the next spectacular image.