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Every Spring a Single Cloud Forms at one of Mars' Tallest Mountains and Only Lasts for a few Hours

Since Mars has the tallest mountains in the Solar System, it can have unique weather conditions. Every spring in the northern hemisphere on Mars, a huge cloud forms at the top of Arsia Mons and stretches back for 1,800 kilometers. It only lasts for a few hours in the morning before dissipating, and it's been a mystery to planetary scientists. Why does it form? Why does it fade? Why does it only happen with this mountain and not the larger Olympus Mons?

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