Mars, Curiosity and Twilight Clouds

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).
Curiosity rover captures colorful clouds drifting over Mars
Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its Mastcam—its main set of "eyes." Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 (the 4,426th Martian day,
Curiosity Rover Observes Iridescent Clouds on Mars, Offering New Insights
Curiosity rover images show iridescent clouds on Mars, helping scientists explore atmospheric and climate dynamics.
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
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,
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Stunning Feather-Shaped Iridescent Cloud on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover observed a feather-shaped iridescent cloud, offering insights into Martian atmospheric conditions.
NASA's Curiosity Rover captures breathtaking video of colourful twilight clouds on Mars
The phenomenon of twilight clouds was first observed on Mars in 1997 during NASA’s Pathfinder mission. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that the Curiosity Rover captured the firs
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Curiosity Rover Spots Ancient Water Ripples on Mars, Hinting at a Past With Shallow, Ice-Free Lakes
Now, NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified two sets of ancient ... The team plugged these measurements into a computer model, which used them to predict the presence of an ancient lake less ...
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3D-Printed Scale Model Of Perseverance Rover Seems As Complicated As The Real One
But to really get inside the designer’s head, executing a physical model, like this quarter-scale RC-controlled Perseverance rover ... as well as Curiosity before it. This revealed an ...
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Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover sends back SELFIE from mountain on the red planet
Curiosity used its robotic arm to take dozens of images that were then stitched together to produce the final selfie Tiny drill holes left by the rover after it took rock samples can be clearly ...
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NASA Mars Photo: What Does the Planet Look Like in High Resolution?
NASA's Curiosity rover has delivered a breathtaking 1.8-billion ... been generated with the aid of an artificial intelligence language model. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please ...
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In Photos: After The ‘Alien Door’ On Mars More Weird New Images Are Being Sent Back From The Red Planet
It was sent back by NASA’s Curiosity rover on May 7, 2022 as it traveled through the red planet’s Mount Sharp region. It wasn’t, of course, anything of the sort—merely a crevice resulting ...
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Ultimate Mars Challenge
In its search for life beyond Earth, NASA employs a "sky crane" maneuver to land the Curiosity rover on Mars. (Program not available for streaming.) Why go back to Mars? Far from dead ...
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Scientists discover how life on Mars may have formed
This method has been used on Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover uncovered organic matter ... at Tohoku University developed a sophisticated model to simulate the ancient Martian atmosphere.