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Scientists uncover secrets of mysterious 1,100-mile-long Mars cloud – CNET

A wild, snaking cloud appears to emerge from the Arsia Mons volcano on Mars.

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These two views from July 2020 show the elongated cloud extending from the Arsia Mons volcano on Mars.
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In 2018, some corners of the internet thought there might a massive volcanic eruption on Mars, but it was a trick of the eye. A long, thin cloud appears above the Arsia Mons volcano on Mars seasonally, and now scientists have gotten a better look at how it forms and dissipates.
A team of researchers investigated the cloud’s lifecycle using a camera nicknamed “the Mars Webcam”…

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