by In March 2021, NASA’s Curiosity rover observed clouds made of carbon dioxide (CO2) ice at high altitudes in the atmosphere of Mars.
Clouds are typically found at the equator of Mars in the coldest time of year, when the planet is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit.
But two Earth years ago, the Curiosity team members spotted clouds in the Martian atmosphere earlier than expected.
This year, they were ready to start documenting these early clouds from the moment they first appeared in January.
What resulted are images of wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting Sun, some of them shimmering with color.
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Clouds are typically found at the equator of Mars in the coldest time of year, when the planet is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit.
But two Earth years ago, the Curiosity team members spotted clouds in the Martian atmosphere earlier than expected.
This year, they were ready to start documenting these early clouds from the moment they first appeared in January.
What resulted are images of wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting Sun, some of them shimmering with color.
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