NASA's Insight LG takes a ghostly, blurry sunset on Mars

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Watching the sunset over a vast blue ocean is one of the most peaceful pleasures of life.

But watching the sunset over a vast, endless red wilderness could be just as good. Especially when this desert is more than 150 million miles.

Thanks to NASA's InSight lander, which has established itself in the smooth and smooth plain of Mars, Elysium Planitia, you can do it. The above image was taken during the last NASA transplant on Mars, the 101st day of the robot on the surface of the planet Martian. The assembling of a sequence of images by the instrument deployment camera (IDC) of the LG shows the magnificent sun that sets over the red planet and disappears over- beyond the horizon.

This is not the first time we see the sun set on another planet. Largely thanks to the efforts of the Martian rovers, including Opportunity recently leftwe could see the tiny yellow orb collapsing several times before under the ground. Curiosity watched this foggy blue day in 2015. And even before that, Spirit had been watching the sunset over the Gusev crater until 2005.

The sunsets on Mars are often tinged with pale blue thanks to the thick dust of the Martian atmosphere. Mars also has an extra-long twilight period, compared to the Earth, because of the way the dust diffuses light. You can see this immutable twilight by flipping through the raw images of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

InSight is essentially a stationary interplanetary lab stationed on Mars to "check its temperature". It is equipped with a number of instruments to detect Marsquakes, to see how hot the interior of the planet is – and of course – to take tons of great photos.

The martian sunset is undoubtedly a wonderful and impressive sight, but now, I am amazed to think of InSight, to watch him dive alone behind the horizon.

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