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Mars, photographed with a 355 mm (14-inch) telescope on 27 January 2010 from High Wycombe, Bucks, UK. Mars was nearly at opposition -- that is, when it approaches closest to Earth, though on this occasion the planet was only 13 arc seconds in diameter. The image has south at the top, as seen through a telescope, and the white mass at the bottom is the north polar cap. Solis Lacus is near the top of the image. Credit Damian Peach/Galaxy