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PIA24662: Curiosity Spots Iridescent Mother of Pearl Clouds
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  Mastcam
 Product Size:  5077 x 1390 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA24662.tif (11.27 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA24662.jpg (265.2 kB)

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Figure 1

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these iridescent, or "mother of pearl," clouds on March 5, 2021, the 3,048th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Seen here are five images stitched together from a much wider panorama taken by the rover's Mast Camera, or Mastcam. The full panorama (Figure 1) was stitched together from 23 images.

Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam. A division of Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built the Curiosity rover and manages the Curiosity rover for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more about Curiosity: mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/ and nasa.gov/msl.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2021-05-28