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Sundown for Viking The Sun has set on Mars, but twilight lingers, casting a reddish glow on the Martian surface (left) and the top of Viking Lander 1 (right). Red dust in the atmosphere scatters the sunlight, producing the color of the sunset. The coloured rings in the sky are not real; they are artifacts of severe contrast enhancement produced by computer processing of the camera's transmitted image. JPL/NASA