In anticipation of Perseverance landing safely on Mars today, I headed back in time with this mixed media piece I made in 2004 titled Her Desher, as "the red one" was known in ancient Egypt. I’ve made quite a bit of celestial-inspired art since my days of watching the shuttle launches and playing with my space LEGO. There’s very little indication that I’ll be growing out of this behavior. And I still have said LEGO in case I feel the urge to celebrate that way.

Mars made a more recent appearance in The Conversation.  It was visible above a moon cast red by a climate fire in San Diego's East County.  The crows are locals who had paid a visit to the back fence that afternoon while I watched the smoke billow.