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"So You Can See Mars Tonight..."

As it's the closest it's ever been to the Earth in 60,000 years or something (that's when Cavemen were running around wearing...nothing), but where do I look?

Apparently it was the closest at 10.51am this morning but tonight it is said to be around 2,000 more miles away yet still viewable with the naked eye.

The sky around here was cloudy today but since then it's cleared up a bit which means I have some hope in seeing the Red Planet with my eye balls. Actually, theres a lot of Blue sky. If you live in London or something though you can forget it with all that light and stuff.

But yeah, take a look out tonight and look for something which looks like a red disc and if you see it, thats Mars.

My pants are already down.

And I'm not a geek head.

As it's the closest it's ever been to the Earth in 60,000 years or something (that's when Cavemen were running around wearing...nothing), but where do I look?

Apparently it was the closest at 10.51am this morning but tonight it is said to be around 2,000 more miles away yet still viewable with the naked eye.

The sky around here was cloudy today but since then it's cleared up a bit which means I have some hope in seeing the Red Planet with my eye balls. Actually, theres a lot of Blue sky. If you live in London or something though you can forget it with all that light and stuff.

But yeah, take a look out tonight and look for something which looks like a red disc and if you see it, thats Mars.

My pants are already down.

And I'm not a geek head.

I'll be staring up into the sky with binoculars looking for it tonight :)

Here's hoping the next time we see it, it's the manned mission relaying pictures back to Earth.

I've got the binoculars at the ready!

Do you have any idea where you are suppose to be looking?

South east

Thanks, now I won't be looking up, spinning rounding circles making me dizzy.

If you get a clear sky Mars will stick out like a sore thumb

Whenever something good happens like this, it usually means that you won't have a clear sky to see.

You are supposed to look South East to see Mars, but which way is South East?

Belldandy wrote:
> Here's hoping the next time we see it, it's the manned mission
> relaying pictures back to Earth.

I just hope they don't come back with anything...

That's a major problem. If they bring back any bacteria from Mars, it could, and I mean it as being very possible, kill everybody.

So next time you think of going into space, think again.

MWA said balls. :D