Caught in Action: Avalanches on North Polar Scarps
Amazingly, this image has captured at least four Martian avalanches, or debris falls, in action. It was taken on February 19, 2008, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment HiRISE camera on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA ID
PIA10245
Date Created
March 3, 2008
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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