00:00When you imagine Mars the nickname red planet no doubt comes to mind and that moniker is
00:08well-earned however recently NASA's Perseverance rover snapped an epic shot of a Martian sunset
00:13one that shines bright blue rather than its iconic warm hues the image was captured on
00:18July 4th this year and NASA says it's blue in part because of how far away Mars is from
00:23the Sun in fact despite being the next planet in line next to us it only receives half the
00:28sunlight we get on Earth and Mars atmosphere is also extremely thin only about 1% of ours and
00:33Earth's atmosphere is why our sunsets look the way they do as the Sun's light passes through thicker
00:38areas of oxygen nitrogen and other gases held near our planet it causes the Sun's light to change
00:43color on Mars its atmospheric dust scatters light into red frequency wavelengths during the day but
00:48at sunset the sky glows an eerie blue instead and the blue glowing skies on Mars can last for several
00:54hours leading up to sunrise and sunset as well observing Martian skies during this time can
00:58help us better understand the red planet giving scientists a better understanding of how clouds
01:03and other weather phenomena form and evolve over time
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