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Apr 6, 2021 According to The Hill a recent image taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover appears to show a breathtaking rainbow on Mars. The photograph has caused mass speculation online, as scientific evidence shows there shouldn’t be rainbows on Mars.  Dave Lavery at NASA Headquarters told Forbes, “Definitely not a rainbow....It is just internal reflections in the camera lens." However, Lisa May, who is a veteran of the NASA Mars Program and is currently Chief Technologist for Lockheed Mar...

feed to stay on top of the news. Reddit users have speculated that it could be a “dustbow,” with the reflections being caused by dust rather than water droplets.  Further speculation on the site has come from a 2015 “Ask Me Anything” with NASA team members in which NASA Mars Program Office Chief Scientist Rich Zurek said it was possible that “icebows” could appear on Mars, because while there are no water droplets, snow has been observed at the Poles. However, the most supported t...