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GraveSlayer726 t1_jdq0t14 wrote

Mars looks so…. Earth like, it’s weird, kind of eerie, like I don’t know why but I never imagined mars having such an almost blue sky, always though it would be red or orange, well I mean it looks kind of orange but still

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NonAbelianFrog t1_jdwi39c wrote

It shows that not all of the planet is red - this bit's more of a dusty brown, as is much of the footage I've seen.

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bookers555 t1_jdrfgvc wrote

It depends on how much dust there is nearby and the time of day, but sometimes it can kinda look blueish. Normally it ranges around white, grey and brown.

https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-439f6d2ff0d3ec015a5ab5b184fef365

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StrangeTangerine1525 t1_jds57sz wrote

The only time Mars has a blue sky is when the image is in false color in order for scientists to see how rocks would look like in Earthlike lighting. Mars atmosphere always has at least some high altitude dust in it that makes the atmosphere at the very least a kind of light tan. On average the atmosphere is very dusty though so it tends to look almost the color of rust.

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