Amateur astronomers see corresponding links in the heavens.
Visit the Gladwin Planetarium as Leo the Lion reaches its highest point in the evening sky during mid-April, while almost halfway around the Celestial Sphere, the Sun is just passing in front of Aries the Ram. The color of fire and blood, it represented a war god to more than one ancient culture. By the end of the 19th century, it was imagined by some to have intelligent life. Over the last few decades, an armada of robotic space probes has unraveled some of the secrets of Mars, while simultaneously revealing a world of even deeper mysteries. Every year and a half or so, the red planet makes a special appearance in our skies.