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The Mystery Of The Lone Long Martian Cloud Has Been Solved – IFLScience
Arsia Mons on Mars is among the tallest volcanos in the solar system – over two times Mount Everest – and it is the theatre of a very peculiar weather phen
Arsia Mons on Mars is among the tallest volcanos in the solar system over two times Mount Everest and it is the theatre of a very peculiar weather phenomenon. Every morning during Spring, a long and wide cloud of water ice is seen emerging from the top of the extinct volcano. And now, scientists have finally unlocked its secrets.
Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the cloud has been estimated to be 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) in length and 150 kilometers (93 miles) across. Observations…
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