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The Curiosity Mars rover photographed these feathery carbon dioxide clouds on Sol 3063, over an outcrop named Mont Mercou. The clouds were much higher than is typical for Mars.

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English: The Curiosity Mars rover photographed these feathery carbon dioxide clouds on Sol 3063, over an outcrop named Mont Mercou [1]. The clouds were much higher than is typical for Mars.[2] Panorama assembled from 21 individual Mastcam images. The colors of this image were calibrated to match human perception.

From NASA's page about these clouds: "The fine, rippling structures of these clouds are easier to see with images from Curiosity’s black-and-white navigation cameras. But it's the color images from the rover's Mast Camera, or Mastcam, that really shine – literally. Viewed just after sunset, their ice crystals catch the fading light, causing them to appear to glow against the darkening sky. These twilight clouds, also known as "noctilucent" (Latin for "night shining") clouds, grow brighter as they fill with crystals, then darken after the Sun's position in the sky drops below their altitude. This is just one useful clue scientists use to determine how high they are."
Date Taken on 19 March 2021, 13:58:25
Source Carbon dioxide clouds over Mont Mercou, Curiosity Sol 3063
Author semeion.photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß
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Location on Mars5° 04′ 48″ S, 137° 51′ 00″ E View this and other nearby images on: Google Mapsinfo
NOTE: This image is a panorama of 21 consisting of multiple frames that were merged or stitched in software. As a result, this image necessarily underwent some form of digital manipulation. These manipulations may include blending, blurring, cloning, and colour and perspective adjustments. As a result of these adjustments, the image content may be slightly different from reality at the points where multiple images were combined. This manipulation is often required due to lens, perspective, and parallax distortions.

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