I saw Mars!! Right now Mars and Earth are the closest they have been in 60,000 years and on the night of the GREAT POWER OUTAGE 2003 I stepped outside where it was cooler and saw an orange dot to the right of the moon. It looked like a star but with orange color instead of white. Take a gander now because it will be many years before Mars is this close. It is not much to look at with the naked eye but with a telescope it must be pretty cool. Read more about this here.