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The white, elongated cloud in the vicinity of the Arsia Mons volcano, close to the planet’s equator. Image credit: ESA / GCP / UPV / EHU Bilbao / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter Spots Elongated Cloud in Martian Atmosphere

Oct 29, 2018 by News Staff

Since September 13, 2018, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has been observing the evolution of a water ice cloud formation hovering in the vicinity of Arsia...