Mars Pictures Mars 2007-2008 Mars was best visible around Christmas of 2007.  Unfortunately bad weather in my area prevented me from obtaining any decent pictures this go-round. These pictures were from Jan 08.      Back to Albumn        Home                 Mars and Earth The way the orbits of Mars and Earth work out, Mars makes a close approach to Earth about every 26 months.  Some approaches are closer than others. The next  few close approaches will occur in Jan-2010, Mar-2012, Apr-2014, May 2016, and July 2018.  The closest will be the one in 2018, which will be almost as close as the one that occured in 2003, a record setting year.