Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image, a frame from one of this week’s zenith movies, looking directly overhead shortly before sunset on Oct. 7, 2026 — Sol 5037, or Martian day 5,037 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 19:44:19 UTC. Curiosity used its Right Navigation Camera, and you can see the high, wispy clouds that are characteristic of the sky above Gale Crater at this time of year. NASA/JPL-Caltech Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 Happy New Mars Year! We mark the start of a new year on Mars at the beginning of the northern hemisphere spring, or the vernal equinox. We then keep track of the seasons by counting degrees of solar longitude — each season is 90