January 14, 2010: Mars is my favorite planet (besides Earth). As mentioned in my other Mars post, I have spent many years viewing it with my old 6 inch Newtonian telescope. This month is great for view Mars and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory some great Mars links. This video is one of them 

The video below begins: "Mars is at its closest and brightest for the year this month. It will rise at sunset and set at dawn and it's a welcome sight after being absent from our early evening skies for a year. Hello and welcome! I'm Jane Houston Jones at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California."

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology