Lunar occultation of Mars. During this event, the planet Mars, the dot at lower left, passed behind the crescent Moon. Here, Mars is very close to the

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Lunar occultation of Mars. During this event, the planet Mars, the dot at lower left, passed behind the crescent Moon. Here, Mars is very close to the edge of the Moon. Photographed from Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 19 September 2012.

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