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The transition was sudden. The blue halo expanded, catching the edges of the high-altitude ice clouds, turning them into shimmering silver threads against a deepening indigo sky. For a few moments, the Red Planet was anything but red. It was a world of sapphire shadows and violet dust. "Stunning, isn't it?" a voice crackled over his comms.

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Kael sat on the edge of the observation deck, his boots resting on the reinforced glass. On Earth, a sunset was a signal of warmth ending. Here, it was a reminder of the vacuum’s chill. He watched the blue orb—smaller and weaker than the sun he remembered from childhood—sink behind the silhouette of a rusted ridge. The transition was sudden