NASA’s Curiosity rover is sending new information one after another from Mars (Mars). In this sequence, many rare views of Mars have been captured in Curiosity Rover’s camera.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Some of these views are such, in which clouds like earth can be seen floating on Mars. Earlier in 2008, Phoenix Lander captured a picture of snow falling on the surface of Mars in his camera.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
North Carolina State University scientist Paul Bryn has also shared an amazing picture of this view.
Clouds in the sky, gently passing overhead.
On Mars, Friday, March 19, 2021. pic.twitter.com/jJpemPefIV
— Prof. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) March 20, 2021
At the same time, there is a discussion of these amazing pictures sent by NASA’s Curiosity Rover on social media, what people are saying. Here are some examples:
The clouds are made from either water ice or carbon dioxide ice, but not liquid water droplets. In some cases, I see clouds at multiple elevations and of both compositions.
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) March 30, 2021
The Martian atmosphere has water-ice clouds for most of the year. Clouds in the equatorial region between about 6 to 19 miles (10 to 30 kilometers) above the surface of Mars absorb infrared light emitted from the surface during daytime. https://t.co/j5rmiFfpVw
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) March 30, 2021
We think of Mars as a cold and dry world with little water, but there is actually more water vapor in the Martian atmosphere than in the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere. The Martian atmosphere has water-ice clouds for most of the year.
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) March 30, 2021
I’m by the equator. We’re at the beginning of Gale crater’s cloudy season and in the middle of a period where the potential for the formation of twilight clouds is higher than usual. My team on Earth are taking advantage of this to observe and analyze clouds and cloud formations.
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) March 30, 2021
Have you seen these photos yet?
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