Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Martian Sunset
Explanation:
You've had a hard day rolling past Martian rocks [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], so now just relax your APXS [ http://mars.sgi.com…] and enjoy the Martian sunset. The above pictures [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] taken by Mars Pathfinder [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] highlight how clouds vary during the end of a Martian day. The atmosphere on Mars [ http://humbabe.arc.…] is much thinner than on Earth [ http://pegasus.phas…] and dominated by carbon dioxide [ http://hydrolab.ars…] rather than nitrogen [ http://cst.lanl.gov…]. Clouds on Mars [ http://marswatch.tn…] can be water [ http://www.sciam.co…] or carbon dioxide based, depending on conditions [ http://bang.lanl.go…], whereas Earth's clouds are all water based. At night the temperature [ http://www-k12.atmo…] at Sagan Memorial Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] will dip from about -15 degrees Celsius [ http://144.26.13.41…] ( 4 Fahrenheit) to -77 degrees Celsius (-107 Fahrenheit). Temperatures [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] only this cold won't bother Sojourner [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
IMP Team [ http://www.lpl.ariz…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
26-13-41
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
MPF
facet_what:
Mars Pathfinder
facet_what:
Pegasus
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap970801

A Martian Sunset
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