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Doesn't Mars have clouds, though?


Dust clouds, maybe. Water clouds, no, not at all.


That's actually not correct: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/science/clouds.html

They're pretty much all cirrus-equivalents, granted, but they're still water (more precisely, water ice) clouds. That is, unless NASA is misinterpreting them, but seeing as they're, like, the end-all-be-all experts on Martian climate, I reckon that's unlikely.

Even barring that, however, dust clouds would also cause issues for celestial navigation.




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