The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud forms when Mars’ atmosphere interacts with the tall volcano, creating a spectacular sight.
More info about it:
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-cloud-atlas-mars-showcases-array.html
https://www.space.com/mars-weird-long-cloud-arsia-mons-secrets
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a long, bright water ice cloud stretching out over the Martian surface, extending over the planet’s Arsia Mons volcano all the way to the volcano Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the solar system
Very cool. I knew about Olympus Mons, but TIL about Arsia Mons!
We should try to give it a friend.
![[Image] A 1,500 kilometers long lonely cloud on Mars.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Arsia_Mons_Cloud_-_Mars_Express_-_Flickr_-_jccwrt.png){kind=link}