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Mars, Curiosity and noctilucent cloud

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Mysterious colorful clouds drift through Mars’s sky in new Curiosity images

A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover’s Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the video shows the clouds during twilight on the red planet.

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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,

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).

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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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'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

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Why Clouds Stay In The Sky, Rather Than Simply Falling Down

If clouds are heavy, why don’t they just fall to the ground? There’s one key concept behind this. Meteorologist Robb Ellis explains.

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