The sancocho and the cocido have been ordered as friends
prepare to view the spectacle of Mars coming closer to Earth than it has in
60,000 years. On 27 August, Mars is set to rise at about 9pm low in the
southeast, will be visible in the southern sky at around midnight and low in the
southwest sky before dawn. At 10:51pm, Mars will be a distance of 55.7 million
km away, its closest proximity to Earth since the age of the caveman, or 57,617
BC. Of course, the view will depend on the weather clearing. Today Santo Domingo
is overcast, as a tropical wave moves west, but the forecast is for clearer
skies in time for the Mars viewing.