What is the weather like on Mars?

Like Earth, Mars has seasons. This is because the planets titled at similar angles. Different parts of the planet lean towards the Sun at different times during the year, making it warmer or cooler.

Mars is titled just 1.5  more than Earth, so it has a similar range of seasons. Seasons on Mars last longer because it takes longer for Mars to travel around the Sun.

On Mars there are huge dust storms that last for weeks. So mush dust is kicked up that they can be seen by telescopes on Earth!

Due to the extreme lows in temperature at the poles, 25-30% of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere freezes and becomes dry ice that is deposited on the surface. While the polar ice caps are predominantly water, the Martian North Pole has a layer of dry ice measuring one meter thick in winter, while the South Pole is covered by a permanent layer that is eight meters deep.

 

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