Clouds = water on mars?
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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They're usually just referred to as dust clouds, but the article specifically mentions water ice, but it is a small quantity and not enough to obscure the surface. https://science.nasa.gov/blog/cloudy-sols-are-here-again/
I think those are sulfuric acid clouds.
Isn't that Venus?
Could be. Mars has almost no atmosphere, right? And Venus too much CO2? Damn, let me check it now.
Okay, Mars weather:
- very thin atmosphere, very cold
- extends about 50% farther into space than Earth
- mostly CO2, barely any water
- clouds of dry ice, water ice, Martian dust, or an iridescent mix of the 3
- very thick atmosphere, very hot
- mostly CO2 too
- clouds of sulfuric acid
Ironically, it would be easier to terraform Venus than Mars. Mars is just too small. Venus is like 92-94% of Earth's mass. We would just need to throw a couple of ice asteroids, and enough solid mass to create a moon, and then wait for it to become cool and solid enough to introduce cyanobacteria and cool it down.
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