In January 2023,NASA's Curiosity rover captured images of noctilucent clouds during a Martian sunset, including a rare category of iridescent bright noctilucent clouds that appear feather-shaped and glow in the Martian sky. Curiosity captured images over 16 minutes of sunlight and atmospheric ice cry...
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In the thin, dry atmosphere ofMars, cloudy days are pretty rare. Clouds are typically found at the planet’s equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit. But one full Martian year ago – two Earth years – scientists noticed cl...
So, how can we see something like this ourselves? Does it take an insane amount of luck or skill? First, it is important to know that cloud iridescence does not happen all that often, and when it does, it might not last very long. FromSciJinks.gov, "Cloud iridescence is relatively ra...