The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud forms when Mars’ atmosphere interacts with the tall volcano, creating a spectacular sight.
More info about it:
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-cloud-atlas-mars-showcases-array.html
https://www.space.com/mars-weird-long-cloud-arsia-mons-secrets
That’s 932 in freedom units, if anyone was curious.
That’s about 702,700 bald eagle wingspans for real freedom units.
They’re sending chemtrails to brainwash the aliens!
They’re turning the friggin’ Martians gay!
Since we’re just making up an emotion for the cloud to “feel” for the headline why does it have to be lonely? Why can’t it at least be horny or something?
That lecherous cloud is eyeing me again.
Parent comment is the best thing I’ve read all week.
Lonely can also mean, “without others of a simplest) similar kind,” so it’s not inaccurate.
Well then horny still probably applies, hey oh!
It can, but it is generally more emotionally charged than saying “lone” instead.
a long, bright water ice cloud stretching out over the Martian surface, extending over the planet’s Arsia Mons volcano all the way to the volcano Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the solar system
Very cool. I knew about Olympus Mons, but TIL about Arsia Mons!
It’s okay not to remove the hyphen. It’s also correct English to keep the hyphen.
We should try to give it a friend.
![[Image] A 1,500 kilometers long lonely cloud on Mars.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Arsia_Mons_Cloud_-_Mars_Express_-_Flickr_-_jccwrt.png){kind=link}