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April 8, 2013, 1:14 p.m.
LINK: www.distancetomars.com  ➚   |   Posted by: Joshua Benton   |   April 8, 2013

It’s not news exactly — the fact that Mars is far away from Earth has been known for some time, after all — but David Paliwoda and Jesse Williams’ single-purpose site Distance to Mars is a nice example of using web technology to make information transfer into an experience.

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