The twilight clouds were first seen on Mars by NASA’s Pathfinder mission in 1997. Curiosity didn’t repeat the trick until 2017, and last month’s sighting is the fourth Mars year the rover ...

The images, which were captured on Jan. 17 by one of two cameras onboard Curiosity, feature "noctilucent" or twilight clouds — clouds captured wafting so high up in the Mars sky that they are ...

Twilight clouds are a rare sight on Mars. The Pathfinder mission first saw them in 1997, and Curiosity has photographed them only a handful of times over the past six years.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight, clouds in a 16-minute recording on Jan. 17. (This looping clip has been speeded up about 480 times.) ...

Did you know that Mars has *iridescent* clouds? Spotted by the @MarsCuriosity rover, these unique clouds are made of carbon dioxide ice and are only observed at twilight. What this helps us learn ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023, the 3,724th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Studying the colors in iridescent ...

NASA's Curiosity rover captures images of twilight clouds on Mars BEHIND THAT MARKER IN EXETER LEARN MORE. EVERY YEAR WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MARS.

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall ...

These clouds have an ethereal feel and consist of ice crystals in very high clouds at the edge of space, typically about 75 to 85 km above the surface. The clouds are still in sunlight while the ...

Yet, why the twilight clouds haven't been observed elsewhere on Mars remains a puzzle for Lemmon and other scientists. For example, the Perseverance rover has not detected any twilight clouds ...

Heat-trapping clouds may explain ancient Mars' rivers and lakes — Mars clouds take center stage in new NASA project looking for volunteers. Yet, why the twilight clouds haven't been observed ...