Mars+-+By+Fern

  Mars  ===//mars is the fourth planet from the sun in the solar system.  // === ===//it is also referred to as the "red planet". // ===

Mars has the largest canyon in the solar system. It would reach from Los Angeles to Chicago if it was on Earth!
Every two years or so the Sun, Earth and Mars line up. This is called an opposition. In 2003 Earth and Mars was really close.
 * It would take about 6 months for a spacecraft to get to Mars but the crew would have to wait a year and a half before returning. **
 * //About every two years the Earth and Mars come close together. The planet has two moons, Diemos and Phobos. //**[[image:mars1.gif width="456" height="461"]]

 the rotation of mars as seen in a small telescope in 2003.