A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature
Summary
A massive cloud spanning over a thousand miles forms every morning near a Martian volcano during specific seasons before quickly disappearing. Researchers are studying this recurring atmospheric phenomenon, which repeats its daily cycle for several months.
Every morning during the Martian spring and summer, a thin and extremely long cloud emerges, only to disappear again. The wispy formation appears near the volcano Arsia Mons and gradually elongates until it reaches over 1,000 miles—about the distance from New York to Kansas City as the crow flies—before dissipating. This cycle then repeats for several months. Since it was…
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