DAILY TRIUMPH -Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars (I)::
It stays lofted in the sky giving the distinctive orange-pink backdrop to photographs taken on the planet, and giving sunsets on Mars a ghostly blue glow.
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I know that the sky is red on mars because of the iron oxides in the soil, but ive seen photos from viking and the pathfinders and the sky is slightly blue during the sunsets.
Sunsets Are Pink on Mars
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sky remains bright well after the sun sets on Mars (sunset, of course, official model) - preferentially scattering blue light forward toward the camera
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On Mars, sunsets can appear salmon pink. The unusual color is partly due to rust: oxidized iron from Martian dust circulating in the Martian atmosphere. Clouds appear in the morning and evening, but usually evaporate in the midday Sun. A day on Mars 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 by Mars Pathfinder, shown mirror-inverted, was released last Friday by the Imager team. Mars Pathfinder has now successfully completed all the goals of its planned mission. Nevertheless, the Sagan Memorial Station spent the weekend recharging its batteries, anticipating the possibility of still more productive weeks of exploration ahead. Planetary Planetary Atmospheres Atmospheres::
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLsunset is red (reddened). horizon whiter than zenith. Fall/Winter sky dark blue. UV is diffuse. Moon: sky is black. Mars: sky is reddish yellow
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - Cours - Prof. Sylvain Robert::
Sunset on Mars: A Moment Frozen in Time. On May 19th, 2005, NASA’s Mars the sunset is exaggerated compared to the daytime colors of the Martian sky.
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Volcano's Eruption Colors World's Sunsets | LiveScience::
Sep 3, 2008 Particles in the air normally scatter incoming sunlight — this is why the sky is blue. Sunsets (and sunrises) appear reddish because the
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 Nobody understands...any help please?
 50 points for someone willing to do this!!!!!!!!!!?
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Why is the sky blue during sunsets on mars?