It can be well-fixed to forget , but Mars has clouds very similar to the the ones you find here on Earth . Do n’t think me ? Here , check outthe first photograph ever take of an sunless Martian sky ; orthis picture of some stratus clouds , captured about 40 minutes before a Martian sunrise . The thin mainsheet of cotton - white goodness spread across the image feature up top ? Yep , those are swarm .
The first two image were photographedyears ago by NASA ’s Mars Pathfinder . The image up top , however , was enchant much more recently by NASA ’s HiRISE — the most powerful tv camera we ’ve ever sent to another planet .
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“ Generally speaking when we take an epitome we are not attempt to capture clouds , ” jokes investigator Candice Hansen , who utilise HiRISE imagery to study seasonal process on the Red Planet , “ but I thought these made for a dramatic picture , so I captioned it . ”
In this case , Hansen says HiRISE had intended to photograph the bright ice - covered sand dunes that you may just make out beyond this blanket of contraction .
She says these clouds are typically made of H2O internal-combustion engine crystals , and that they on a regular basis seem over Tharsis — a massive volcanic plateau closely to the equator in Mars ’ westerly hemisphere . ( See the huge red and brown region on the lefthand side ofthis purview of the Martian airfoil ? That ’s Tharsis . ) [ HiRISE ]
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