Mars, NASA and clouds

'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."
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.
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.
7 mesmerising images of Mars captured by NASA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a cameo appearance of the tiny moon Phobos on its trek around the Red Planet. This composite image, from NASA Galileo and Mars Global Survey orbiters, of Earth and Mars was created to allow viewers to gain a better understanding of the relative sizes of the two planets.
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 recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars
Curiosity, a set of NASA's robotic "eyes" on the Red Planet, recorded 16 minutes of so-called noctilucent clouds flying overhead on Jan. 17. These clouds, sometimes referred to as twilight clouds because they're too faint to see in daylight,
The Red Planet: Mars is actually many colors. At the surface, we see colors such as brown, gold, and tan, however, Mars looks reddish due to oxidization or rusting of iron in ...
From its peculiar reddish colour, to whether life ever existed on Mars, NASA has unlocked several secrets of the red planet over the decades. Check out these 7 stunning NASA images of Mars that reveal ...
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Perseverance rover's Mars samples show traces of ancient water, but NASA needs them on Earth to seek signs of life
Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...
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Mars Is Rocked by Epic Quakes, And They Don't All Come From Within
Incredibly powerful marsquakes that violently shake the red planet don't always begin under the surface, research shows.
Mars art installation on display at cathedral
A seven-metre-wide sculpture of Mars is on display at a cathedral in Kent. Luke Jerram's Mars: War and Peace, which features ...
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Square-shaped formation found on Mars sparks calls for closer study
A Mars image shows a strange square formation. Some think it's artificial, but experts suggest natural causes.
A Meteor Slammed Into Mars and Sent Seismic Shockwaves Through the Red Planet
A massive meteor strike on Mars sent shockwaves across the planet, revealing that some of its tremors weren’t tectonic but ...
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Why Is Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars?
The phenomenon of seeing familiar patterns in objects where none exists is called pareidolia. In terms of our evolution, it ...
How'd He Do That? Astrophotographer Shares Story Of Stunning 'Planetary Parade' Image
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...