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© copyright: the sky in motion.com Mars reaches its closest position to earth and its maximum brightness in January/February 2010. The time lapse shows Mars during the last opposition period in winter 2007/08. It is the brightest object in the field and finally setting behind the cloud banks. The snowy heights of the Black Forest were illuminated by a crescent moon from the opposite direction. See also the labeled version of one image. |