This photograph shows a false color image of sunset on Mars. Images like this one make the scattering of the sun's light very visible. The fan-shaped area of brighter sky above the Sun is the sun's light being scattered by the dust particles in the air.

This photograph shows a false color image of sunset on Mars. Images like this one make the scattering of the sun's light very visible. The fan-shaped area of brighter sky above the Sun is the sun's light being scattered by the dust particles in the air.

This photograph shows a false color image of sunset on Mars. Images like this one make the scattering of the sun's light very visible. The fan-shaped area of brighter sky above the Sun is the sun's light being scattered by the dust particles in the air.

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