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Mars . NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars. Clouds are typically found at the planets equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit. But one full Martian year ago two Earth years scientists noticed clouds forming over NASAs Curiosity rover earlier than expected.
This year, they were ready to start documenting these early clouds from the moment they first appeared in late January. What resulted are images of wispy puffs filled with…
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