Ice cloud
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The term ice cloud has been used to describe cloud
s of carbon dioxide
on Mars.
Such clouds can be sufficiently large and dense to cast shadows on the Martian surface. Clouds of water
ice also occur on Mars.
Clouds on Earth can contain ice particles.
Cloud
A cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water and/or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. They are also known as aerosols. Clouds in Earth's atmosphere are studied in the cloud physics branch of meteorology...
s of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
on Mars.
Such clouds can be sufficiently large and dense to cast shadows on the Martian surface. Clouds of water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
ice also occur on Mars.
Clouds on Earth can contain ice particles.