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AP/Wide World Photos of NASA's Mars Spirit Explorer Launch on Barewalls.com

AP/Wide World Photos and Barewalls.com collaborate to offer unique prints of postcards from Mars

SHARON, MA, January 21, 2004 -- Barewalls.com, the Web's leading poster and print retailer, is now offering prints of the now famous "postcard" photographs from the most recent Mars exploration mission. The NASA photographs, made available through a partnership with AP/Wide World Photos, are now available to purchase online, at www.barewalls.com/mars.

Visitors to www.barewalls.com can now feed their fascination with the red planet by buying prints of the first photos taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Touted as "postcards" from Mars, these compelling photographs feature the most detailed images of Mars that the world has seen to date. Each image is beautifully printed using the latest laser technology, carefully packaged and shipped by an insured carrier.

These astonishing prints are the latest additions to a unique online collection of media, historical and archival photographs on www.barewalls.com, made available through collaborations with some of the world's largest photography and image archives, including AP/Wide World Photos, TIME/LIFE and Corbis.

"The Barewalls.com team has eagerly watched the arrival of Spirit on Mars. We are excited to be able to share these images with the world, making it possible for anyone to hang a stunning image of the Red Planet in her home or office," said Daniel Spira, Barewalls.com's co-founder and Chief Operating Officer.

About Barewalls
Conceived in 1996 by its co-founders, Daniel Spira and Lorne Lieberman, and launched in 1997, Barewalls (www.barewalls.com) was the first company to capitalize on the tremendous potential of selling posters and prints online. Today, we offer the fastest, easiest and most affordable way to decorate at home or in the workplace. Visitors to Barewalls can easily browse more than a quarter million posters and prints online to find their favorites -- fine art, photography, movie posters, vintage advertising and more. Our custom framing options include wood and metal frames, canvas transfers and board mounts.

About AP/Wide World Photos
AP/Wide World Photos is the commercial photos sales division of The Associated Press. Founded in 1848 and headquartered in New York, The Associated Press is the world's oldest and largest news gathering organization, providing coverage of news, sports, business, weather, entertainment, political news and technology news in text, audio, video, graphics, photos and newsroom technology to more than 15,000 news outlets worldwide with a daily reach of one billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations.

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