They're the most violent volcanic explosions ever known.
in July of this year, NASA's confirmation serves to solidify our grasp of Mars' ancient past.
"Each one of these eruptions would have had a significant climate impact — maybe the released gas made the atmosphere thicker or blocked the sun and made the atmosphere colder," said Geologist Patrick Whelley of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who also led the examination of the Arabia Terra region, in the agency's post."Modelers of the Martian climate will have some work to do to try to understand the impact of the volcanoes.
And, when the most violent stage was finished, the entire volcanic reaction collapses into a huge hole called a"caldera." We also have these on Earth , and they can grow to dozens of miles wide. On Mars, there are seventhat hinted at the possibility of a troubled, violent past of explosive super-eruptions.
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