Researchers say the frost patches equate to '60 Olympic-size swimming pools.'
Planetary researchers announced a major discovery from the solar system's Red Planet on Monday – patches of water frost equating to "60 Olympic-size swimming pools" have been detected on Mars.
The Tharsis volcanoes, a string of 12 large peaks, are the tallest volcanoes in our solar system, according to the study, which notes that the water frost was discovered on the volcanoes Olympus, Arsia Ascraeus Mons, and Ceraunius Tholus.
"We thought it was improbable for frost to form around Mars' equator, as the mix of sunshine and thin atmosphere keeps temperatures during the day relatively high at both the surface and mountaintop — unlike what we see on Earth, where you might expect to see frosty peaks," Adomas Valantinas, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University who led the study, said in a press release.
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