
How light meets our atmosphere
View / Create
Answer
The fiery magic of sunsets
View / Create
Answer
Skies of other worlds
View / Create
Answer
Through the human eye
View / Create
Answer
YOUR GOAL
Master of Why the sky is blue and sunsets are red
artiteacher Martian Skies
Pink dusty days, / Rust-colored haze, / Sunsets glow blue!

artiteacher Titan has a thick nitrogen atmosphere filled with organic smog that colors its sky a deep, hazy orange.

artiteacher Sunsets on Mars are surprisingly blue because dust particles scatter the blue light forward toward the observer.

artiteacher Spin the sunset wheel to discover how light scattering turns sunsets red and skies blue.
Martian sunsets: Because of the unique dust on Mars, a Martian sunset is cool blue, the exact opposite of Earth.
The envelope of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body. In 2005, NASA's Spirit rover photographed Martian skies, revealing how its thin atmosphere produces blue sunsets.
What are the complex organic molecules in Titan's atmosphere that absorb blue light called?
What color is the sky of the exoplanet HD 189733b, located 64 light-years away?
What material rains down in the atmosphere of exoplanet HD 189733b to give it its color?
