![Andrew McCarthy on X: "Here's a photo of Mars I captured last week. You can see both Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris, the solar system's largest mountain and largest canyon! This was Andrew McCarthy on X: "Here's a photo of Mars I captured last week. You can see both Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris, the solar system's largest mountain and largest canyon! This was](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FlPrKvYWYAY_xBb.jpg)
Andrew McCarthy on X: "Here's a photo of Mars I captured last week. You can see both Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris, the solar system's largest mountain and largest canyon! This was
![Mars is at its closest point to Earth right now. Here's a picture I captured of it using a 14” telescope. On Wednesday I'll be using the same telescope to capture it Mars is at its closest point to Earth right now. Here's a picture I captured of it using a 14” telescope. On Wednesday I'll be using the same telescope to capture it](https://preview.redd.it/mars-is-at-its-closest-point-to-earth-right-now-heres-a-v0-u1jljqzj904a1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cf3e79782d55633eccc293c78d77c71d6718cdc4)
Mars is at its closest point to Earth right now. Here's a picture I captured of it using a 14” telescope. On Wednesday I'll be using the same telescope to capture it
![I used my largest telescope to observe the moon/mars occultation on Wednesday night, and captured this detailed photo. If you zoom in you can see surface details on Mars next to the I used my largest telescope to observe the moon/mars occultation on Wednesday night, and captured this detailed photo. If you zoom in you can see surface details on Mars next to the](https://i.redd.it/1strr4irr55a1.jpg)
I used my largest telescope to observe the moon/mars occultation on Wednesday night, and captured this detailed photo. If you zoom in you can see surface details on Mars next to the
![Mars by the 1-meter telescope at the Pic-du-Midi observatory - Major & Minor Planetary Imaging - Cloudy Nights Mars by the 1-meter telescope at the Pic-du-Midi observatory - Major & Minor Planetary Imaging - Cloudy Nights](http://www.astrophoto.fr/mars-picdumidi-2020-10-30.jpg)