Springtime in the South Polar area of Mars is a season of exciting activity.
The thick covering of co2 ice that built up over the winter season starts to sublimate (turn to vapor) as the sun increases higher in the sky and warms the ice.
Sunshine permeates through the transparent ice, and is soaked up at the base of the ice layer.
The gas that forms as an outcome of the warming escapes through weaknesses in the ice and erupts in the form of magnificent geysers of gas and dust.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaRead More.
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