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Interesting article in SDC:<br /><br />http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080116-mars-clouds.html<br /><br />But the writer probably needs to take a crash course on Celsius v. Fahrenheit:<br /><br /><font color="yellow">The clouds "cast quite a dense shadow and this has a noticeable effect on the local ground temperature," Montmessin said. "Temperatures in the shadow can be up to 10 degrees Celsius [50 degrees Fahrenheit] cooler than their surroundings, and this in turn modifies the local weather, particularly the winds."</font><br /><br />Uh ... No. While 10 degress Celsius is 50 degrees farenheit, that is because the formula for Fahrenheit temperature is 32 + 1.8C. But a DIFFERENCE of 10 degrees Celcius is 18 degrees, not 50. <br /><br />