Eerie Dark Mars Sky Captured by NASA Rover Confuses People—Here's Why!

The eerie dark Mars sky has been captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.

The latest image taken by the popular Martian robot looks like it came from a sci-fi horror movie. It looks as though the Martian sky is pitch black when the sun is not around.

The international space agency posted a GIF version of the dark Mars sky image on Twitter via its @NASAPersevere account.

The image already garnered over 440,000 views, 3,700 likes, and 500 retweets.

Eerie Dark Mars Sky Captured by NASA Rover Confuses People

According to Mashable's latest report, the latest image captured by the Perseverance rover is just before sunrise on Mars.

Although the sky is eerily dark, NASA still complimented the Red Planet's beauty.
"Dusty and cold, sure - but Mars has a certain, raw beauty," said NASA via its official Twitter post.

"Dawn at the Red Planet, with high clouds floating by. Take time to look up," the space union added.

In the comment section, many Twitter users admired the Mars sky captured by the NASA Mars rover. But, some people are confused by one thing; the appearance of clouds. Some of them even asked if it rains on the Red Planet.

If you are one of them, here's what NASA explained.

Mars Has Clouds?

NASA confirmed that Mars has clouds and they are observing them, especially since the cloudy season on the Red Planet is already starting.

The space organization added that these clouds are likely made of CO2. NASA further stated that there are also water-ice clouds on the Martian planet.

However, NASA explained that these clouds are very thin since the water content of Mars is very limited.

NASA added that if all water on Mars is put on its surface, it would create a layer thinner than a strand of hair.

This just shows that it is unlikely for heavy rains to happen on the Martian planet. You can click this link to learn more about NASA's Mars cloud observation.

In other news, NASA is planning to explore the far side of the moon using Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft. We also reported about the Earth magnetic field anomaly that NASA is keeping an eye on.

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