NASA's Curiosity rover snapped the first clear picture of Sun rays on Mars, which looks like a ghostly white-tinged sunset.
The rover took the ethereal photo on February 2, as the Sun set behind a group of twilight clouds. These clouds hang at an unusually high altitude, which suggests they are probably made of carbon dioxide ice – also known as dry ice.The Sun's rays shine through the alien clouds, illuminating them with muted hues of green and pink.
Both brilliant pictures were assembled from a series of 28 images that the rover sent back to Earth, and they were edited to"emphasize the highlights," according to NASA. Five frames stitched together from NASA's Curiosity Mars show iridescent, or"mother of pearl," clouds last year.
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