Red planet 'glows green'

Data from the NASA MAVEN orbiter shows the Red Planet 'glowing green' at night due to upper atmosphere chemical reactions. The nightglow phenomenon is not visible to the naked eye and can only be seen as ultraviolet light imaged by MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument.

During the Martian night the upper atmosphere pulsates in ultraviolet light given off as nitrogen and oxygen atoms combine to form nitric oxide. The discovery could help researchers forecast weather on Mars for the first crewed missions expected sometime in the next decade.

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By Tim Binnall / Coast to Coast AM News Editor

Tim Binnall is the news editor for the Coast to Coast AM website as well as the host of the pioneering paranormal podcast Binnall of America. For more than a decade and over the course of hundreds of BoA programs, he has interviewed a vast array of researchers, spanning a wide spectrum of paranormal genres and ranging from bonafide esoteric icons to up-and-coming future players in 'the field.' A graduate of Syracuse University, Binnall aims to maintain an outsider's perspective on the paranormal world with a distinct appreciation for its absurdities and a keen interest in the personalities and sociology of esoteric studies.

(Source: coasttocoastam.com; August 9, 2020; https://tinyurl.com/y3e2ntds)
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