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APOD from 2008-03-11
An Avalanche on #Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the first-ever image of an avalanche on Mars, showing ice and dust plumes from a 700m high cliff. The thawing of white ice over red rock during springtime in Mars' Northern Hemisphere triggered the event, aiding geologists in studying Martian soil.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080311.html
An Avalanche on #Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the first-ever image of an avalanche on Mars, showing ice and dust plumes from a 700m high cliff. The thawing of white ice over red rock during springtime in Mars' Northern Hemisphere triggered the event, aiding geologists in studying Martian soil.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080311.html