Unlike some people, I was not in attendance for the excitement of the Mars Rover landing. However, in remembrance of the little 5th grade self who wrote her first illustrated (crayon'd) report on the planet Mars, I wanted to know more about what fascinated me the most back then--which was, is the sky on Mars really the color of the salmon crayon from the Crayola box?
"The first Viking lander images broadcast over TV in the 1970s showed a blue sky, later "corrected" to a pink sky. In addition to uncertainties in the initial image processing, the lander had several color patches to calibrate the cameras, which were partially covered with Martian dust thrown up during landing. However, further analysis of Viking lander data revealed a Martian sky that is generally butterscotch in color, except for the pink or red of sunset and sunrise. In 1997, the Mars Pathfinder confirmed this finding." --What about the Martian Sky?
Oh, well.
Apparently, the engineers have some interesting hair-dos.
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