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Robert Lea

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Citizen scientists detect patterns in clouds over mars - The Untold Story

A red planet on the left; on the right are two graphs showing the brightness of clouds observed in Mars' atmosphere.

An inspirational team of citizen scientists working with NASA have mapped the clouds of Mars, finding patterns of cloud clustering and behavior. 

As NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers explore Mars at ground level, patrolling the ancient lake beds of the Gale Crater and the Jezero Crater, respectively, a team of participants in the Cloudspotting on Mars project, a NASA citizen science project, had loftier goals. Literally. The group has been using data collected by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to map the clouds over the Martian landscape.

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