There was a mysterious cloud on Mars. Finally, scientists understood that it was

He is suspended on Mars for the third month.

Orbiter Mars Express recorded on Mars an anomalous cloud size of about 1500 km, which began forming about 20 km from the Arsia Mons volcano, near the planet 's equator, writes the Daily Mail.

At first glance, this formation resembles a volcanic eruption, but according to geological data, the last volcano on Mars was extinguished 50 million years ago.

After a detailed study, a white plume was water vapor! The water column reached a height of 20 km when strong winds hit a large hill that hides under the ice.

The ice evaporated, the vapor rose, cooled, condensed and expanded due to the low air pressure and eventually freeze in the clouds.

Scientists believe that it is a regular phenomenon in this region.

"The appearance of the clouds changes during the Martian day, increasing in length the morning of the ascent of the volcano, almost parallel to the equator, and reaches a considerable size, which can make it visible even by telescopes on Earth "Space Agency.

ESA scientists believe that cloud formation is a consequence of the giant dust storm that covered the entire planet this summer. From late May to July, it was completely covered with Mars and isolated the surface from the rays of the sun.

But a huge cloud is not the only consequence of a Martian storm.

The result of the storm, NASA lost the opportunity Mars Rover. In early June, he stopped communicating. Attempts to "wake up" failed. For five months, he never gave "signs of life".

The Martian atmosphere is much less dense than the Earth and contains so little water that it has spread to the surface of the planet to form a global ocean with a thickness of 20 microns. And yet, she has clouds of ice water.

Maybe that's what the Martians do?

FIA Mont.

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Ted Stone has been a writer since 2013. Before that, she wrote about the young teens and the family dynamics of Styles. She was a correspondent for the legal affairs of the metro. Before joining The Koz Week, Ted Stone was an editor at Village Voice and freelancer for Newsday, the Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella.