Actual Image taken on surface of Alien World [View all]

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... the view captured last March by NASA's rolling explorer, Perseverance. The orange coloring is caused by rusted iron in the Martian dirt, some of which is small enough to be swept up by winds into the atmosphere. The blue tint near the setting Sun is caused by blue light being preferentially scattered out from the Sun by the floating dust. The light-colored clouds on the right are likely composed of water-ice and appear high in the Martian atmosphere...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241203.html

Today's Astronomy Picture of The Day is staggering: both for its beauty and for its significance.

Amazing what wonders REALITY has to bring