Here’s where all of the inner planets are right now, this minute:

Image Credit: John Walker’s Solar System Live

Every time this post gets viewed, the image above will update to show where the planets are in their orbits as of that moment.

As you can see, Earth is approaching Mars and on December 18th, we’ll be the closest we’re going to get to it.

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