http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/0...ndias-orbiter/




All sorts of theories are being put forth by conspiracy theorists, such as a nuclear explosion, alien invasion, a secret war being fought, etc.


I'm surprised even those in the scientific community haven't realized the obvious, when it took me about five seconds. It's a simple volcanic eruption. The reason it looks the way it does is because of the lower gravity on Mars, about 1/3 that of Earth. A volcanic plume in gravity like that would blast straight up a long way, much further into the atmosphere than it would on Earth, before it finally spread out.

Plus, the gaping hole in the ground underneath it is kind of a giveaway. It's obviously happened in the past, given the crater just to the southeast. Millions of years ago, according to theory, there were oceans on the planet. This probably would've been the beginnings of a volcanic island like Hawaii under such conditions.