Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Ice Clouds over Mars
Explanation:
Mars [ http://www.seds.org…] has clouds too. The above true color image [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] taken in August by Mars Pathfinder [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] shows clouds of ice high in the Martian atmosphere [ http://humbabe.arc.…]. Unlike Earth's atmosphere [ http://liftoff.msfc…] which is composed predominantly of nitrogen [ http://cst.lanl.gov…] and oxygen [ http://cst.lanl.gov…], Mars' atmosphere is composed mostly of carbon dioxide [ http://hydrolab.ars…]. Nevertheless, a trace amount of water [ http://www.sciam.co…] does freeze into visible clouds [ http://marswatch.tn…] at night, which become particularly apparent during the day by reflection of sunlight. Contact was lost [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] with Mars Pathfinder [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] last Sunday but re-established later in the week.
Credit and Copyright:
IMP Team [ http://www.lpl.ariz…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
mars
keyword:
atmosphere
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
MPF
facet_what:
Mars Pathfinder
facet_what:
TRACE
facet_what:
clouds
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap971013

Ice Clouds over Mars
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