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Giant Martian Cloud May Form Through Physics Never Before Seen in Planetary Atmosphere

The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud is a wisp of water ice that appears downwind of the 20-km- (12.4-mile) tall Arsia Mons volcano -- the southernmost in a trio of giant Martian shield volcanoes known collectively as Tharsis Montes -- in the Martian southern hemisphere’s spring and summer.

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