<ul><li>The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an image of a white Christmas on Mars captured by its Mars Express spacecraft.</li><li>The image, taken in June 2022, shows an area in Mars' southern hemisphere covered in layers of snow and ice.</li><li>The warming sun causes ice sublimation, resulting in bursts of gas jetting through the surface and dark dust falling back in a fan-shaped pattern.</li><li>The image can be viewed in 3D with a pair of 3D glasses on the ESA's website.</li></ul>

Celebrating a white Christmas — martian style

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