Here's what sunrise and sunset looks like on Mars. NASA's InSight lander used the camera on its robotic arm to take some photos last week.
The lander used the camera on its robotic arm to take photos April 24 and 25, capturing sunrise at the equivalent of 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. local time. Another camera also spied clouds in the sky during sunset. If the sun looks especially small, it's because it's farther from Mars than from Earth. That means the sun looks to be about two-thirds the size we see it on Earth.This image of a sunrise on Mars was taken by the InSight lander on April 24.
It's a tradition that goes back to the Viking 1 lander, which snapped a photo of a Martian sunset in August 1976. Viking 2 caught a sunrise in June 1978, and both events were also captured by the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers."It's been a tradition for Mars missions to capture sunrises and sunsets," said Justin Maki, InSight science team co-investigator and imaging lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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