NASA’s Curiosity rover captured stunning twilight images of Martian clouds, revealing iridescent red and green tinges. These noctilucent clouds, consisting of water-ice and carbon-dioxide ice, appear higher in the atmosphere and are especially noted for their 'mother-of-pearl' iridescence.

Latin for “night shining,” noctilucent clouds (also known as twilight clouds) are responsible for Earth’s vibrant red, orange, and purple dawn and dusk skies. If the conditions are just right, they sometimes even take on an iridescent,

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."

NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts to spacewalk record, extended stay in orbit and more 09:27. New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over

Curiosity, a set of NASA's robotic "eyes" on the Red Planet, recorded 16 minutes of so-called noctilucent clouds flying overhead on Jan. 17. These clouds, sometimes referred to as twilight clouds because they're too faint to see in daylight,

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured breathtaking images of iridescent clouds drifting across the Martian sky, revealing a celestial spectacle unlike anything seen before. These clouds, composed of frozen carbon dioxide ice,