Closest approach to Earth for this year.
After a hopeless day with complete cloud cover and some soft rain, by 9pm it suddenly became clear. It happen to be the evening with most stable atmosphere in recent months, but for a very short period, after which the water was pouring down in the form of dew.
This page will be updated shortly with some more of my recent and older images of Mars at opposition and close approach to Earth, so please do re-visit this post.