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    What colour is the Martian sky?

    Question #84518. Asked by darkpresence. (Aug 14 07 1:14 PM)


    me07

    		On Mars, photographs from both landers (the Viking from 1976-78 and the Pathfinder in 1997) suggested that the sky is always a butterscotch tan color.

    http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14C.html

    Aug 14 07, 1:24 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Images sent back from the Viking Mars landers in 1977 and from Pathfinder in 1997 showed a red sky seen from the Martian surface. This was due to red iron-rich dusts thrown up in the dust storms occurring from time to time on Mars. The colour of the Mars sky will change according to weather conditions. It should be blue when there have been no recent storms, but it will be darker than the earth's daytime sky because of Mars' thinner atmosphere.

    http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html

    http://mars-news.de/life/viking.html

    http://mars-news.de/color/blue.html

    Aug 14 07, 2:43 PM

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