The images show reddish-green clouds in the Martian twilight.
According to a NASArelease, Martian clouds are made of either water ice or carbon dioxide ice.
Noctilucent clouds are not merely an extraterrestrial phenomenon.
Curiosity’s view of the iridescent cloud.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Mars clouds come in many shapes and sizes.
In 2022, ESA scientistsspottedclouds not unlike those that form on Earth in the Red Planets skies.
The twilight clouds were first seen on Mars by NASAs Pathfinder mission in 1997.
The release notes that these clouds have not been seen by rovers in other parts of Mars.
It may be that the region Curiosity roveson Gale Craters Mount Sharpmay be predisposed to hosting the clouds.
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