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Red and green 'twilight clouds' spotted over MarsThe colors in the new images are faint and were created as the clouds scattered light from the sun akin to a prism. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight ...
Twilight clouds were first seen on Mars by NASA's Pathfinder mission in 1997; Curiosity didn't spot them until 2019, when it acquired its first-ever images of iridescence in the clouds.
Noctilucent, or "night-shining", clouds can be seen on Mars, just as they are on Earth. Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these high-altitude clouds on 17 May, 2019, using its navigation cameras.
Nasa has shared a video of some pretty cool-looking clouds, spotted above the planet Mars. Their Curiosity rover - a robot helping scientists learn more about Mars - captured this amazing video ...
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