NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023, the 3,724th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Studying the colors in iridescent ...

Curiosity also snapped a pic of a “set of colorful clouds” in the shape of a feather on Jan. 27, according to a NASA blog post.

Additional photos of the rainbow clouds were taken by photographer Fredrik Broms, showcasing a colorful series of lights in the sky near Tromsø in Norway.Both sets of photographs can be viewed on ...

How does a cloud stay cool under direct sunlight—or seem to vanish in infrared? In nature, phenomena like white cumulus ...

Colorful Clouds on Mars Show Up at the Same Time Each Year, Rover Snaps Them on Film. Published: 12 Feb 2025, 12:51 UTC • By: Daniel Patrascu. 13 photos. Photo: NASA.

Hence, the team conclude that the clouds of Jupiter really are at deeper pressures than the expected ammonia clouds at 700 mb and so cannot be composed of pure ammonia ice.

Citizen science reveals that Jupiter's colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250106133204.htm ...