Why the sky in Mars is so blue? With that thin atmosphere?

Is Earth's atmosphere above a commercial plane more thin than Mars atmosphere at ground level?

Shouldn't Mars sky look darker in the pics from Curiosity?

Because thats the colour they painted the background.

because it is a computer generated image.. we never went to mars

In the pics from Curisotiy, the sky of Mars at ground level looks as blue as Earth's sky at ground level...

How is that possible, if the atmosphere is much more thin?

Because this is the colour nasa chosen.

Doesn't make sense...

Why are you comparing a processed image tailored for display on a computer monitor with what the world looks like to your eyes?

Pictures taken from airplanes show a dark sky above the plane...

how to you know its "thin?

oops. their blue-screen is showing...

I recall the 1st time they landed on mars years ago, when video came on, the sky was as blue as earth for a couple minutes then suddenly had a red tint, they had some lame excuse . But I always wondered what was up.

Wikipedia says it.

I don't know if I trust their facts about the atmosphere being 1/100 that of earth, if that was the case there would hardly be any light being scattered in the atmosphere.

The simple and real answer is: The atmosphere is not as thin as they want you to think, and it is oxygen up there.

Cheers!

i agree

seeing those pics.. makes it look like you can LIVE on mars

almost looks like there is frikken clouds on there

and i dont konw but seeing rocks and sand and shit and mountains... makes me think there is a lot more than we are shown..

And as seen, and said, they have been caught hoaxing around earlier, with the old RED style photos from the first voyages up there in the 70s & 80s. "RED PLANET" they used to call it, and turns out its not red at all, and got a blue sky just like Earth.

Hmmmm...

So Martian aliens CAN BREATH!

precisely.

Mars is call the "red planet" because the surface of
Mars is red. and it is red because of iron oxide.

yes, shitloads of oxygen on Mars.

of course I just got the idea to look at pictures taken from the top of mt Everest. Despite the atmosphere being 1/3 that of sea level, it's still plenty light in most of the pictures.


Who knows what the exposure is on the photos, it can be deceiving.

Also, mars has a lot of dust which might explain the extra light scattering. Pictures of sunset seem to indicate a rather thin atmosphere.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

camera is set for longer exposure.

you are being mind fucked. hard