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Mars has frost-covered mountains at its equator but no lakes at its poles

11 Jun 2024 Margaret Harris
Image of Mars' Olympus Mons volcano, taken from above, shows a patch of bluish frost in an area sheltered by the volcano's caldera
Frosty morning: Frost on Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system, shaded in blue. (Courtesy: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)
Climbers on Mars’ equatorial volcanoes would wake up to frost-covered peaks, but aspiring Martian

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