Okanss encounter

Mars' alignment with Earth early Wednesday is expected to bring earthlings out into the night to marvel at the glowing reddish point in the sky, for now the brightest object except the moon. Mars will make its closest pass to Earth in 60,000 years but it won't be that close -- the two planets will still be 34.6 million miles apart. Still, that's five times as close as they were six months ago.

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