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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mars also only receives 50% of sunlight compared to earth, while the thinness of the atmosphere means its whiter due to the lack of scattering. So it's smaller and whiter.

A photo of the sunset on Mars via the Spirit rover

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ew. Take the L