Curiosity Rover offers a cloudy day at Mars

Rover NASA’s curiosity only sees events that are rarely seen on Mars: cloudy days. The agency has shared a cloud image “shining” (produced by ice crystals that reflect light) which began to emerge above curiosity sites starting at the end of January. They will be pedestrians on earth, but they are famous for a planet with a very thin atmosphere and even cause their own discovery.

The mission team has determined that this cloud is higher than usual for Mars, floating well above the peak height of 37 miles for the planet’s ice water cloud. It raises the possibility that they are dry ice clouds formed from frozen carbon dioxide, and may reveal more about the sky Mars.

NASA noted that the cloud was the easiest to see with the black-white navigation camera, but the color mast camera produces the best luster.

This may not be the most dramatic event on Mars at this time. However, it functions as another reminder that the planet is not a static image set. Mars is a dynamic world with continued weather, even if it’s not as lively as in the past.