Twinned With... Mars

Glenelg, Mars

The small Scottish settlement of Glenelg (popl 291)  is celebrating the arrive of the Curiosity Rover at its namesake in the Gale Crater, Mars (popl ???), with a twinning ceremony and ceilidh tomorrow - Party On!

Although the NASA team named the martian feature after one in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada and the fact that it is a palindrome (they'll be visiting on the way out and the way back), the name originally comes from the Highland settlement opposite the Isle of Skye.

Glenelg, Scotland

For a comparison of the two Glenelgs, have a look at the BBC's site, which also has an interesting story

Cosmic coincidence on the road to Glenelg.