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RadioAstronomer (who has been doing double duty at work, and will be for some time) says hi, and asks in hurt tones why we haven't been pinging him, and whether it's his breath?

It's the effect of the baleful glare of Mars peering over the horizon, blocking all communication with him...

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It's the effect of the baleful glare of Mars peering over the horizon,...

It's glaring, but the atmospheric turbulence tonight is so bad you can't tell if it's spherical or ellipsiodal......