Mars doesn't have too many cloudy days, so this new set of images from a NASA-operated rover is a full-on treat.
The Curiosity rover has been gathering data on the Red Planet since it touched down in Aug. 2016. And now, while many space watchers' eyes are turned toward the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter that both arrived in February, Curiosity is here to remind us that it's still putting in plenty of work, too.
So. Back to clouds. They're not as common on Mars as they are on Earth because the Mars atmosphere is thin and dry, and the clouds that we all see here on Earth are basically just floating water vapor. They do happen on Mars, but it's usually near the planet's equator and only during the winter when Mars' orbit takes it as far from the sun as it ever gets. Read more...
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