SETI Institute on Nostr: #PPOD: Every spring and summer in the southern part of Mars, the Arsia Mons Elongated ...

#PPOD: Every spring and summer in the southern part of Mars, the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud (AMEC) forms daily above the surface, as seen here by ESA's Mars Express orbiter. The cloud rapidly stretches out for hundreds of kilometers before fading away in a few hours. Strangely, Arsia Mons is the only volcano at low-latitudes to create such a cloud. Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / A. Cowart

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