A whole field of sulfur rocks, the latest discoveries on Mars and amazing photos
As the rover ascends, it moves along the Martian timeline, allowing scientists to study how Mars evolved from a planet that was more like Earth in the distant past, with a warmer climate and abundant water, to the icy desert it is today. The amount of frost on Mars’ equatorial volcanoes represents about 150,000 tons of water exchanged between the surface and the atmosphere every day during the cold season, equivalent to about 60 Olympic swimming pools. NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered crystals of pure sulfur on Mars.
Arctic cold hit the Russian Plain in May
Snowfalls will continue to break deep into the Russian Plain. Before this, winter had already reminded the northerners of itself: in Arkhangelsk on Thursday, May 2, a real May snowstorm raged. The same fate befell the residents of Syktyvkar. On May 5, a partly cloudy Scandinavian anticyclone and a stormy North Atlantic cyclone collided over the Russian Plain. Along the dividing line of these vortices in the atmosphere, a powerful northern jet is formed, carrying cold air masses from the Barents Sea to the region.