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Sunsets on Mars can appear blue
Near the setting Sun, fine dust in the Martian atmosphere can produce a blue glow instead of the red sunset familiar on Earth.
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Martian dust scatters colors differently from molecules in Earth's atmosphere. Red light fills much of the Martian sky, while blue light is concentrated near the Sun at sunrise and sunset.
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