• Pink stratus clouds in the atmosphere of Mars.
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    Pink stratus clouds are coming from the northeast at about 15 miles per hour (6.7 meters/second) at an appoximate height of ten miles (16 kilometers) above the surface. The clouds consist of water ice condensed on reddish dust particles suspended in the atmosphere. The image was taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol 16 about forty minutes before sunrise showing areas of the eastern Martian horizon.

  • Pink stratus clouds in the atmosphere of Mars.

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