Cloudy Mars: Olympus and Tharsis, by Mars Express HRSC. Processed by Andrea Luck

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2025-08-02 North is down HR242_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3

Notes: Cool cloud formation over the North Pole and a dust storm-like feature over Olympus Mons!

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​View of Mars from orbit. Colours are rusty red and pale white from cloud cover and atmospheric haze. Bright white polar ice caps swirl near the top, while thin cloudy streaks drift across the surface.

​Four large circular volcanoes are arranged in a broad triangle across the planet’s face. The scene feels dry, vast and softly hazy.

​Notably, a very cool spiral-like cloud formation appears over the North Pole, along with a dust storm-like feature near Olympus Mons.

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Zoom in: Olympus and Tharsis, ESA Mars Express HRSC

➡️ flic.kr/p/2seL8ss Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY​

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Zoom in: North Polar Cap, ESA Mars Express HRSC

More Martian Clouds​

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Rotated 180° compared to the images above, and now north is back at the top.

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