A question
Why are sunsets blue on Mars?
A calm, true answer. Then, if the wondering keeps going, the whole episode.
The short answer
Because of the dust. The air on Mars is full of very fine dust, and it sends blue light onward toward you, so a cool blue glow gathers close to the setting sun.
The same Sun makes an orange sunset here, because our air is different. On Mars the colours swap around: a butterscotch sky by day, and blue around the Sun at the end of it.
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Mars: The Blue Sunset
The full episode, in one calm voice, with nothing that startles.
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