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Curiosity Rover Spots Surprisingly Colorful ‘Twilight Clouds’ on Mars
The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).
Red and green 'twilight clouds' spotted over Mars
At the surface, Mars is a desolate, barren world with a rocky landscape, massive dust storms and extreme temperature swings. However, a rover recently captured a splash of color in the sky as rare clouds drifted overhead.
Check out these cool clouds above Mars
Their Curiosity rover - a robot helping scientists learn more about Mars - captured this amazing video from the Red planet. It shows colourful "mother-of-pearl" clouds, so-called because of the pretty pastel colours you can see in them.
Curiosity rover spots rare shimmering clouds above Mars
Latin for “night shining,” noctilucent clouds (also known as twilight clouds) are responsible for Earth’s vibrant red, orange, and purple dawn and dusk skies. If the conditions are just right, they sometimes even take on an iridescent,
Mars has spectacular, glowing clouds at sunset
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured stunning images of Martian twilight clouds, revealing iridescent dry ice formations on Mars.
NASA's Curiosity Rover captures breathtaking video of colourful twilight clouds on Mars
The phenomenon of twilight clouds was first observed on Mars in 1997 during NASA’s Pathfinder mission. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that the Curiosity Rover captured the firs
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