Ice cloud
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cover Gale crater on Mars. Ice particles infused the cloud and caused this effect through diffraction. An ice cloud is a colloid of ice particles dispersed in air. Cirrus and noctilucent clouds on Earth contain ice particles. On Earth, ice clouds are distributed globally, covering around 50% of the planet's surface. The term has been used to refer to clouds of both water ice and carbon dioxide ice on Mars. Such clouds can be sufficiently large and dense to cast shadows on the Martian surface. Around the tropics at altitudes of 5 to 15 kilometers, the most frequently observed ice clouds are optically thin. Thicker ice clouds occur frequently in tropical convective areas and along storm tracks at midlatitudes.
cover Gale crater on Mars. Ice particles infused the cloud and caused this effect through diffraction.]] An ice cloud is a colloid of ice particles dispersed in air. Cirrus and noctilucent clouds on Earth contain ice particles. On Earth, ice clouds are distributed globally, covering around 50% of the planet's surface. The term has been used to refer to clouds of both water ice and carbon dioxide ice on Mars. Such clouds can be sufficiently large and dense to cast shadows on the Martian surface. Around the tropics at altitudes of 5 to 15 kilometers, the most frequently observed ice clouds are optically thin. Thicker ice clouds occur frequently in tropical convective areas and along storm tracks at midlatitudes. ===Water cycle=== They also play a crucial role in the global water cycle, being involved in processes such as latent heat release, precipitation and radiative forcing.
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