Catching Mars Brilliance at Nanliau

"Once in about every fifteen years a startling visitant makes his appearance upon our midnight skies -- a great red star that rises at sunset through the haze about the eastern horizon, and then, mounting higher with the deepening night, blazes forth against the dark background of space with a splendor that outshines Sirius and rivals the giant Jupiter himself."

From Aug 20 to Aug. 28 we will witness the rarest and one of the most brilliant recurrences of the cosmic spectacle that is Mars. So after dinner we headed to Nanliau. Nanliau is a vast stretch of open air besides the sea. Normally, we go there to dine whenever we wanted to eat fresh sea foods. But this night will be different - we are in a quest - in search of Mars brilliance... so armed with a high powered telescope - off we went..

The Guys in search of Mars


Catching a glimpse of Mars


Nanliau at Night