APOD: 2021 June 5 - The Shining Clouds of Mars

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, June 5, 2021 entitled "The Shining Clouds of Mars."

Image: The Shining Clouds of Mars - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS

APOD Background
"Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS
Explanation: The weathered and layered face of Mount Mercou looms in the foreground of this mosaic from the Curiosity Mars rover's Mast Camera. Made up of 21 individual images the scene was recorded just after sunset on March 19, the 3,063rd Martian day of Curiosity's on going exploration of the Red Planet. In the Martian twilight high altitude clouds still shine above, reflecting the light from the Sun below the local horizon like the noctilucent clouds of planet Earth. Though water ice clouds drift through the thin Martian atmosphere, these wispy clouds are also at extreme altitudes and could be composed of frozen carbon dioxide, crystals of dry ice. Curiosity's Mast Cam has also imaged iridescent or mother of pearl clouds adding subtle colors to the Martian sky.


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Really cool picture share from NASA Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Saturday afternoon sir.

Interesting photo. This is an Earthshot, correct? Had to look up what Noctilucent clouds were. Ice crystals, so 8 guess of this type of cloud can be formed in Martian air then water must be present, even if in trace amounts. So Tantoinne Hydro-Air converters will be required. (Couldn't resist)