Weird weather

Look: NASA just released new footage of dry ice clouds floating over Mars

Incredible.

by Jennifer Walter

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We’re used to cloudy weather on Earth.

Sometimes we’re braving the rain, and other times we’re lying on the grass watching fluffy strands of white float across the sky.

But cloudy days on Mars are rare.

The planet’s thin, dry atmosphere makes it tough for frozen moisture to accumulate as it does on Earth.

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