The out-of-this-world ice cloud images were captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover and were published as a pair of GIFs by the space agency.
The plumes of carbon dioxide floated above the Martian surface at a height of around 80km, with NASA concluding they were more likely to be ‘composed of carbon dioxide ice as opposed to water.’
The space agency’s icy galactic cloud GIFs certainly offer a cool insight into observing the sky overhead from the Red Planet at ground level.
In one clip, shadows from the clouds can be seen drifting across the terrain, while the other captures the clouds in the sky directly above Curiosity.