Nasa's Perseverance finds Mars can have warm ground but freezing air

Mars is a planet where two parts of the body could experience entirely different seasons at once. Standing on the Martian equator at noon would mean feeling spring at feet and winter at head, with the ground reaching 24 degrees Celsius while the air just above it stays close to freezing. This is not a trick of perception. It is a direct result of how thin the Martian atmosphere is and how little of it exists to carry heat away from the sunlit surface. Research from instruments aboard Nasa's Perseverance rover has since measured this effect directly, confirming that sharp temperature contrasts of this kind are a real and repeatable feature of the Martian climate, not an exaggerated comparison.Mars temperature differences between the surface and airOn Earth, the temperature we experience is usually a shared value.