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IS THIS PARADE OF PLANETS NOW ONGOING UNUSUAL?

Sat at my computer this morning, and I began by citing the new Hughes fire in Los Angeles Country, contrasted with the freeze in the South; a host of developments regarding the idiocy of President Donald Trump's commandments; and remarked about the 2400th aid truck in the Gaza Strip.  As important as they were, just erased a couple of hours work, and instead will today post on a few entertaining aspects of life today. Here is something absolutely free, the cosmic event of 2025:  a parade of planets, which will be visible to the naked eye all month, beginning this week. The key date is in two nights, January 25.  Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up a few hours after dark. Uranus and Neptune will be there, too, but require binoculars or telescopes. Got it so far?  Six planets, plus a seventh, Earth, from where the viewing is being done. Some go further, saying that the feature attraction will be the appearance of the final, and closest to the Sun pla...