it isn t pure red. it will rise up in the sky. a week from monday, on april 14th, mars is going to be closer than it was tonight. and even brighter. do you find the significance in events like these to be exciting? is this something you look forward to? or do you say it happens every 26 months. it only get better. in 2012, it wasn t as nice. now it is even closer. in the next two years, it will keep getting closer and closer. nothing funky is going on, though, right? no, just the way space works. major developments in the blade runner trial.