On Mars, sunsets [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can appear salmon pink. The unusual color is partly due to rust [ http://www.wqa.org/…]: oxidized iron from Martian dust [ http://www.lerc.nas…] circulating in the Martian atmosphere [ http://humbabe.arc.…]. Clouds [ http://marswatch.tn…] appear in the morning and evening, but usually evaporate in the midday Sun. A day on Mars [ http://bang.lanl.go…] lasts 24.6 hours - very similar to Earth's, but a Martian year lasts almost twice as long as an Earth year. The above panorama [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] by Mars Pathfinder [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…], shown mirror-inverted, was released last Friday by the Imager team [ http://www.lpl.ariz…]. Mars Pathfinder has now successfully completed all the goals of its planned mission. Nevertheless, the Sagan Memorial Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spent the weekend recharging its batteries, anticipating the possibility of still more productive weeks [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] of exploration ahead.
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On Mars, sunsets [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can appear salmon pink. The unusual color is partly due to rust [ http://www.wqa.org/…]: oxidized iron from Martian dust [ http://www.lerc.nas…] circulating in the Martian atmosphere [ http://humbabe.arc.…]. Clouds [ http://marswatch.tn…] appear in the morning and evening, but usually evaporate in the midday Sun. A day on Mars [ http://bang.lanl.go…] lasts 24.6 hours - very similar to Earth's, but a Martian year lasts almost twice as long as an Earth year. The above panorama [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] by Mars Pathfinder [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…], shown mirror-inverted, was released last Friday by the Imager team [ http://www.lpl.ariz…]. Mars Pathfinder has now successfully completed all the goals of its planned mission. Nevertheless, the Sagan Memorial Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spent the weekend recharging its batteries, anticipating the possibility of still more productive weeks [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] of exploration ahead.
