Mysterious Mars Plume Discovery Is Amateur Astronomy at Its Best

A mysterious plume of material reaching high into the Martian atmosphere has scientists buzzing about the Red Planet — and they have amateur astronomers to thank for spotting the baffling feature.

Wayne Jaeschke is a patent lawyer by day, but most nights, you can find him in his observatory, pointing a telescope skyward. In March 2012, Jaeschke spotted what looked like a dust cloud popping off the surface of Mars. Two years later, he is a co-author on a scientific paper investigating the nature of the perplexing Mars plumes.

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It’s exciting (to me anyway) to think of Mars as a dynamic planet were strange and wonderful processes to take place

• It’s exciting (to me anyway) to think of Mars as a dynamic planet were strange and wonderful processes to take place

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furious said:

• It’s exciting (to me anyway) to think of Mars as a dynamic planet were strange and wonderful processes to take place

Did you see this post?

Yes it’s pretty cool isn’t it, Mars is a beautiful planet.

What do you think? Aurora or high cloud or meteorite impact?

mollwollfumble said:

What do you think? Aurora or high cloud or meteorite impact?

I think it could be a meteorite impact