Interesting. Yeah, Mars is red, dead and dusty. It also has dust storms, which obviously suggests a dense enough atmosphere to pick up particulate matter.
So, I don't know the answer to your question, but is it reasonable to surmise than on days where the dust isn't blowing that perhaps Rayleigh Scattering is to blame for the color and perhaps in some instances Mars sky is blue? After all, our blue skies are due to the gases in our atmosphere, not due to water vapor.
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Okay, so I wasn't the only one who noticed that it was a disaster. Whew! ***Sanity check complete***
Interesting. Yeah, Mars is red, dead and dusty. It also has dust storms, which obviously suggests a dense enough atmosphere to pick up particulate matter. So, I don't know the answer to your question, but is it reasonable to surmise than on days where the dust isn't blowing that perhaps Rayleigh Scattering is to blame for the color and perhaps in some instances Mars sky is blue? After all, our blue skies are due to the gases in our atmosphere, not due to water vapor.
Well, it was from the Village Voice, so did you really expect balanced journalism?