Earth or Mars? Clear sky on Mars looks ‘deceptively’ blue

The Martian forecast will almost always include a red sky, but a recent panorama captured by NASA’s rover Perseverance shows what a blue sky would look like on the Red Planet.

Iron in the dust on Mars is what gives the planet its rusty hue. In its natural color, a photo taken at a location dubbed "Falbreen" is very red. In the name of science, imaging teams enhanced the color-contrast on the image to reveal more details.

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The final panoramic image is a mosaic of 96 images taken at a location by the Perseverance rover.

"The relatively dust-free skies provide a clear view of the surrounding terrain," said Jim Bell, Mastcam-Z’s principal investigator at Arizona State University in Tempe. "And in this particular mos