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Epic Martian cloud forms every summer day around an immense volcano – SYFY WIRE
Every day in the late southern spring and summer, an astonishing elongated cloud forms around a gigantic volcano on Mars. This cloud appears every morning, grows…
Every day in the late southern spring and summer, an astonishing elongated cloud forms around a gigantic volcano on Mars. This cloud appears every morning, grows to incredible length, and then dissipates before noon. This apparently happens every Martian year, but has been difficult to observe until recently by spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.
And that in itself is amazing, because the cloud can get as long as 1,800 kilometers in just a few hours!
The cloud forms on the western flanks of the…
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