Mars Express unlocks the secrets of curious cloud

Space Daily

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Paris (ESA) Mar 09, 2021

When spring arrives in southern Mars, a cloud of water ice emerges near the 20-kilometre-tall Arsia Mons volcano, rapidly stretching out for many hundreds of kilometres before fading away in mere hours. A detailed long-term study now reveals the secrets of this elongated cloud, using exciting new observations from the 'Mars Webcam' on ESA's Mars Express. Mars Express has spied this cloud b

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