<font color="cc0099">today, 6 am EDT, mars positions itself to be the closest time ever to our earth.it is a once in a life time phenomenal that u can see, since this thing only happens every 60,000 years. see the details . </font>

I've been seeing it when driving home for the past few days. Orangy-yellow, much brighter than the stars around it - fantastic! I don't have a telescope to look at it closer, but actually I think seeing it with the naked eye is amazing in itself. It's so tiny, and yet in reality, it's huge - it really brings home just how unbelievably big the universe really is that that planet, which is relatively close in space terms, can seem so small [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00"> Same here, looks somewhere between 4 to 6 times (possibly more) as bright as most stars, at least with my eyes. If it were just a little bigger you could probaly begin to see to surface.</font>

[ 08-27-2003, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

[img]graemlins/bart.gif[/img] Hey everyone!! Look at my MOON!!

The War planet is closer then ever. The seathing reds and reflective colors are grand while they sooth the awe in your imagination. Nice!
James

It's times like these I miss living out in the middle of nowhere.