
Seasonal flows called recurring slope lineae RSL grow down warm slopes in the summer, fade when they become inactive, then re-form the following year when the slopes warm up again from the Sun. This observation is from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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PIA18561
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May 20, 2015
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JPL
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