Mars, NASA and Curiosity Rover

'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."
Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars
The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.
NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's eyes. The clouds were spotted on Jan. 17, and the photos were taken over the course of 16 minutes, the space agency said in a news release.
Mars Rover Captures Video of Colorful Dry Ice Clouds Drifting Over Red Planet
Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.
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).
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.
Curiosity rover spots rare shimmering clouds above Mars
The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus Earth’s roughly 93 million miles), but it also has to do with the planet’s atmosphere. A great example of the effects can be seen in the Red Planet’s noctilucent clouds.
NASA’s curiosity Rover captures stunning twilight clouds on Mars, leaves internet in awe
While the sight is fascinating, scientists are still trying to understand why carbon dioxide ice clouds only form in specific areas of Mars.
NASA’s Curiosity rover captures colourful clouds drifting over Mars
Taken over 16 minutes on January 17 the images show noctilucent or twilight clouds tinged with colour. This video has been sped up about 480 times. The white plumes falling out of the clouds are carbon dioxide ice that would evaporate closer to the Martian surface.
There’s A Mysterious Web-like Structure On Mars’s Surface, And NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Started Its Journey To Find Out What It Is
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been traversing the red planet for over twelve years now, and has made some fascinating discoveries in that time. From telling us more about Mars’s weather and atmosphere, to confirming that the planet has the possibility of once supporting life,
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Makes First Discovery of Pure Sulfur on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure sulfur had never been detected on Mars before.
It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
The above image shows a 20-meter-long chunk of frozen carbon dioxide falling off a cliff. Rising temperatures during the ...
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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.
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Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet
Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south ...