Twilight Ice Clouds drifting on Mars spotted in color by NASA's Curiosity Rover

On May 28, 2021 NASA published images and animations from Mars of Twilight Ice Clouds by Curiosity Rover. Clouds drifting over Mount Sharp on Mars, as viewed by NASA’s Curiosity rover on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Each frame of the scene was stitched together from six individual images. These noctilucent, or twilight clouds, are made of water ice; ice crystals reflect the setting sun, allowing the detail in each cloud to be seen more easily. Mont Mercou image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the scene appears as it would to the human eye. The clouds are drifting over “Mont Mercou,” a cliff face that Curiosity has been studying. Uriosity equipped with MAHLI camera. The ultraviolet light can be used to induce fluorescence to help detect carbonate and evaporite minerals, both of which indicate that water helped shape the landscape on Mars.

Link to source image by Curiosity Rover of clouds on Mars: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25938/curiosity-spots-iridescent-mother-of-pearl-clouds/

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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