Have you seen Mars this month?

It is very orange and supposed to get bigger by the 24th of August. The closest it will get to the earth in for 60 years.

I let the dog out around 3 this morning and it was pretty close to the moon - that seems to diminish the size of it. earlier in the night it is more dramatic.

Yes, I have seen it, and am watching with great interest. Looks wonderful through the telescope!

The red planet is about to become a spectacular sight! This month and next, earth is catching up to Mars in an encounter that will culmitate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

The encounter will culimate on August 27th when Mars comes within 34,649,589 miles of earth and will be the brightest except from the moon in the night sky.

It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75- power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.

If you see this spectuclar sight you will see something that no human being has seen in recorded history.

NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN

Thank you for this information.

I hope the weather cooperates and I don't miss it.

Is there an Internet site about this?

Hi Daryl, I have been delayed in replying while a new hard drive was installed.
There are several sites on Mars, here are 2.

www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08

http://mars.jpl.nasa.govt/

We have enjoyed very much here in New Zealand the closeness and clarity of this awesome planet.

Zita,

Those links you provided don't seem to be working.

I saw Mars the other night and it looked nice and bright. It still looks nice and bright this evening.

All you young-uns wouldn't remember the days before space travel. The common phrase was, "God will never allow people to....fly....leave earth's atmosphere....land on the moon....etc."

Well, God has allowed all of that, including the present orbiting space station.

And now, with Mars coming so close, several nations have sent a total of 7 unmanned spacecraft to that planet. One from England and two from the U.S. will land to collect and evaluate samples.

Then by 2018, the U.S. hopes to have a space station on Mars. A trial unit will be placed on the moon before that.

So the question comes: What if a dedicated Christian were to die out there in space? What will happen to that person when Jesus comes?

I find that Jesus Himself told us the answer nearly 2,000 years ago:

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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF HEAVEN. Mark 13:26-27.

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