NASA rover captures images of "mother-of-pearl" clouds on Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's eyes.
Mysterious colorful clouds drift through Mars’s sky in new Curiosity images
A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover’s Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the video shows the clouds during twilight on the red planet.
Curiosity recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured images of rainbow-colored noctilucent clouds in Mars' atmosphere. Made of dry ice, these aren't like Earth's clouds.
Curiosity rover spots rare shimmering clouds above Mars
Latin for “night shining,” noctilucent clouds (also known as twilight clouds) are responsible for Earth’s vibrant red, orange, and purple dawn and dusk skies. If the conditions are just right, they sometimes even take on an iridescent,
'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)
"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."
Red and green 'twilight clouds' spotted over Mars
At the surface, Mars is a desolate, barren world with a rocky landscape, massive dust storms and extreme temperature swings. However, a rover recently captured a splash of color in the sky as rare clouds drifted overhead.
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While black-and-white photos emphasize the texture ... Keep an eye out for more clouds as the rover turns its eyes to the sky during the cloudy season.