How light meets our atmosphere
The fiery magic of sunsets
Skies of other worlds
Through the human eye
artiteacher Spin the sunset wheel to discover how light scattering turns sunsets red and skies blue.
artiteacher Sunsets on Mars are surprisingly blue because dust particles scatter the blue light forward toward the observer.
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.
What material rains down in the atmosphere of exoplanet HD 189733b to give it its color?
What are the complex organic molecules in Titan's atmosphere that absorb blue light called?
Martian sunsets: Because of the unique dust on Mars, a Martian sunset is cool blue, the exact opposite of Earth.
What color is the sky of the exoplanet HD 189733b, located 64 light-years away?
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.