The photo published on the website of the US space agency shows an iridescent cloud, whose shape is strikingly reminiscent of a feather, shortly after sunset.

While Martian clouds may look similar to clouds on Earth, they contain frozen carbon dioxide or dry ice. Sometimes they even produce a rainbow of colors, forming iridescent or "pearlescent" clouds.

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