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Related: About this forumMartian clouds sail above NASA's Curiosity rover
Martian clouds.IMAGE: NASA
BY MARK KAUFMAN
14 HOURS AGO
While traversing across rocky plains in the shadow of Mount Sharp, the Mars Curiosity rover captured wispy clouds hovering in the sky.
The car-sized robot which landed on Mars in 2012 captured these lofty clouds on May 17, 2019, which translates to the 2410th sol, or Martian day, of its mission.
From millions of miles away, NASA scientists suspect these clouds hovered some 19-miles above the red Martian surface. NASA also notes the clouds are "noctilucent," meaning they're high enough for sunlight to pass through the floating mass of water and ice.
Wispy Martian clouds.
IMAGE: NASA
Earlier in May, the rover captured other high-altitude clouds, too, sailing over the nuclear-powered, six-wheeled rover.
More:
https://mashable.com/article/mars-clouds-space/
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Martian clouds sail above NASA's Curiosity rover (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2019
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Chin music
(23,002 posts)1. Martian clouds! Spectacular!
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,722 posts)2. Terraforming is working!!!...nt
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)3. Thanks for the post
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)4. Thanks for reading, SCantiGOP.