We have trees that blocked the view of the Pleiades, but Moon and Mars could be made out very clearly between the foilage, quite a nice sight indeed. I was almost certain I could detect the disk of Mars through the leaves. Interferometry anyone?? ;-)

Your images of the clouds and the moonlight, the stars and planet are spectacular!

Mme. Felix was out with some friends in Fresno on the evening of the 18th, when the Moon was directly above Mars, and her friends wondered what was that below the Moon. Was it a spacecraft? Mme said, "It's Mars, see the orange color?" They were astonished to think they could actually see a planet in the sky without a telescope. So poor is our astronomical education...