For the second time in nearly 60,000 years, the Red Planet will swing unusually close to Earth this weekend.
Mars' latest rendezvous will not match its record-breaking approach to Earth in 2003, when it hovered from 35 million miles away. But more skygazers this time around can glimpse the fourth rock from the sun because it will glow above the horizon.
On Saturday, Mars' orbit will bring it 43.1 million miles away from Earth, with its closest pass scheduled for 11:25 p.m. EDT.
The two planets -- normally separated by about 140 million miles -- will not be this close again until 2018.
I know this is not the place for it. But the only contact I could find was the pictures@.. I had an email but purged it. :) Anyway, just incase no one has said anything, The poster ad at the top left of the page is moving into the articals on FireFox.
Just an fyi incase no one has told you. (as they never do on any of my pages. :) )
This is false. It's a story that's been going around for a while. In fact, this "event" happened a few years ago. It was nowhere near "hovering over the horizon". Still looked like a dot in the sky... but it WAS at its closest point. Check the "urban legends" site below.
http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp