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Astronomy on Mars. Mosaic of two different Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) exposures of Earth, the Moon, and Jupiter from 2003. Mars sky turned violet by water ice clouds. Close-up of Mars sky at sunset, showing more color variation, as imaged by Mars Pathfinder.
Sunset on Mars Original - Sunset on Mars. Photo taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars on May 19th, 2005. Because Mars is farther from the Sun than the Earth is, the Sun appears only about two-thirds the size that it appears in a sunset seen from the Earth.
Mars sol. Sol (borrowed from the Latin word for sun) is a solar day on Mars; that is, a Mars-day. A sol is the apparent interval between two successive returns of the Sun to the same meridian (sundial time) as seen by an observer on Mars. It is one of several units for timekeeping on Mars. A sol is slightly longer than an Earth day.
You're watching a sunset, on Mars. No need to adjust your screen to watch this NASA video the blue tinge to the dark skyline above the horizon is how the view is seen from the surface. The images ...
Jupiter and the moon will become visible shortly after nightfall, but the entire show won't be observable until after 10 p.m. local time, once Mars rises above the horizon.
NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring the Gale Crater on Mars since 2012, and in that time has come up with some incredible discoveries. ... RELATED: Check out the sunset on Mars, via Mars ...
Sunset on Mars. On Mars, the setting Sun appears about two-thirds the size it does from Earth, [19] due to the greater distance between Mars and the Sun. The colors are typically hues of blue, but some Martian sunsets last significantly longer and appear far redder than is typical on Earth. [20]
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