
Mars And The Milky Way

by Surjanto Suradji
Title
Mars And The Milky Way
Artist
Surjanto Suradji
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
MARS AND THE MILKY WAY, the brightest object on the left of the Milky Way at its closest point to Earth, a mere 35.8 million miles away and about ten times brighter than its typical brightness. Just after Mars reaches opposition with the sun July 27, 2018, observers on Earth will have their closest view of the planet since 2003 at 3:50 a.m. EDT (0750 GMT) on July 31. Take at Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra, California.
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August 8th, 2018
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