Does Mars’ Largest Volcano Actually Have Water?

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Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the Solar System, however, it’s not on Earth. The massive volcano is on the surface of Mars and it’s now at the center of a recent landmark discovery.

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00:00this is olympus mons the largest volcano in the solar system however it's not on earth this massive

00:10volcano is on the surface of mars and it's at the center of a recent landmark discovery astronomers

00:16say they have just observed frost forming on the peak of the giant shield volcano for the first

00:20time ever experts have long believed that mars had an active albeit limited water cycle with

00:25around 150 000 tons of water going between the atmosphere and the surface every day of course

00:31we're not talking about rain like on earth instead on mars that cycle commonly consists of giant blocks

00:36of carbon dioxide forming when night falls during the winter months similar to dry ice when it warms

00:41up again that ice turns directly back into a gas and diffuses into the atmosphere once again however

00:47there is also water ice present on mars and experts believe the recent frost dustings on mars's tharsis

00:52volcanoes is that they say the frost layer is only around the width of a human hair but the amount

00:57of land area it covers means it is not an insignificant amount this is the first time that water frost has

01:03been observed this close to the red planet's equator something previously believed highly improbable

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