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Sunday, July 20, 2003

Mars is getting close, real close. "This summer Mars will be the brightest it will ever be in our lifetimes." On August 26?27 Mars will be the closest it has been in 60,000 years. Some viewing tips can be found here. You can generate different viewpoints with NASA's Solar System Simulator as some have done recently. [MetaFilter] It's still up mostly after midnight, so most of us won't see it as often as we should. But I was up at 4 the other morning, to catch a plane, and I couldn't believe how bright and ruddy it was in the southwestern sky, even with a bright moon nearby. 8:54:13 PM  Permalink  comment []

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