Seeing all these mundane photographs from Mars feels like seeing photographs from a desert in Mongolia, or from Antarctica. In other words, Mars now feels to me like it's just another distant place I've never been in, almost like an extension of Planet Earth. That quantum gap that existed between the planets now is gone. The Solar System is just like America, or Earth. It's just a larger place that includes us. There's no mystical difference now between us and Mars, any more than there is between my home and the top of a mountain.

Faded photographs,
Covered now with lines and creases,
Tickets torn in half,
Memories and bits and pieces,

Traces [on Marrrrssss...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyxpQO0YY…

@1 if you want to see some Tartars and beautiful scenery, you should go see Flying Swords of Dragon Gate when it comes out in IMAX 3D for one week only.

They literally had a team of people doing some of the locales.

Excellent movie, and they almost went to Mars when the giant dragon tornado hit.

@3 Meh. I don't know if I'm drawn enough to exotic locales spend the effort and money to see it on IMAX. I'm okay with the occasional photograph on the web.