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January 17, 2022

Video: Are there rainbows on Mars? A NASA expert explains

by Science@Nasa, NASA

Are there rainbows on Mars? Sadly, no.

But there are a whole lot of other conditions on Mars that we have right here on Earth. NASA scientist Mark Lemmon explains why the Red Planet is a rainbowless world.

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