Mars Opposition Season 2014: Images From Around the World

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Mars as seen on from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on March 25th, 2014, two weeks prior to opposition. Credit-Efrain Morales Rivera.

Did you see it? Last night, the Red Planet rose in the east as it passed opposition for 2014, and astrophotographers the world over were ready to greet it.  And although Mars gets slightly closer to us over the coming week, opposition marks the point at which Mars is 180 degrees “opposite” to the setting Sun in Right Ascension as viewed from our Earthly vantage point and denotes the center of the Mars observing season. (…)
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