1 00:00:02,502 --> 00:00:05,972 JAMES: MARS, VENUS AND EARTH WILL BE IN JUST THE RIGHT POSITION THAT WE'LL GET TO SEE A 2 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:08,942 CONJUNCTION OF MARS AND VENUS JUST AFTER SUNSET. 3 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:13,513 DEAN: AND IF YOU WERE ON MARS, YOU WOULD SEE A CONJUNCTION OF VENUS AND EARTH JUST BEFORE 4 00:00:13,613 --> 00:00:14,514 SUNRISE. 5 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:16,082 JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 6 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:17,884 LETS SHOW YOU! 7 00:00:17,984 --> 00:00:21,254 DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK, JUST AFTER SUNSET, FACING 8 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:22,355 WEST. 9 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:24,224 YOU'LL SEE TWO LIGHTS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. 10 00:00:24,324 --> 00:00:27,227 THE BRIGHTER IS VENUS AND THE DIMMER IS MARS. 11 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:32,098 AS THE WEEKS PASS, YOU'LL SEE VENUS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MARS AND ON JANUARY 31ST, 12 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:36,169 THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON JOINS THEM IN THE EVENING TWILIGHT. 13 00:00:36,269 --> 00:00:41,474 JAMES: HOWEVER, IF WE SHIFT OUR LOCATION TO GALE CRATER, LANDING SITE OF THE CURIOSITY 14 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:47,380 ROVER ON MARS AND LOOK EAST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON JANUARY 31ST, WE WOULD SEE OUR HOME PLANET 15 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,716 EARTH SNUGGLING UP WITH OUR SISTER PLANET VENUS. 16 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:53,119 TWO CONJUNCTIONS, ON THE SAME DAY, BUT A WORLD AWAY. 17 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:57,219 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!