Mars Compared with the Moon
Taken by Abe Megahed on April 9, 2014 @
Madison, Wisconsin
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Mars is amazingly bright during opposition given its still somewhat small small apparent size. It's quite striking in appearance to the unaided eye with its distinctive coppery orange/pink/salmon color as it shines steadily in the sky.
Given the popularity of Internet hoaxes about Mars over the past few years, I thought it would be instructive to post a photomontage of two photos taken last night showing the the relative sizes of Mars and the moon.
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