Frost was found on the slopes of the equatorial mountains on Mars, which has baffled climatologists
Even on the Earth's equator, the mountain tops are abundantly covered with snow. This is facilitated by humid air and low temperatures at altitude. On Mars, a similar picture could be observed only in the polar regions, but no one counted on this far in the south. Therefore, it came as a big surprise to scientists when a lot of snow (more precisely, frost) was discovered on the slopes of the Martian equatorial mountains. […]
