Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Avalanches on Mars

This amazing photo shows a rock and ice avalanche on the surface of Mars. It is part of an image that captures 4 such events. The cliff is about 700 m high and the reflective white material is Carbon Dioxide frost.


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2 comments:

Lee said...

That is cool...

So, no rock climbing on Mars then - not safe

17 March 2010 03:38
Billy said...

Need to fire frikkin laser beams into the rock to get rid of the loose stuff first (or hit it with beagle 3).
Climbing in reduced gravity would be different.

Might be safer late summer

17 March 2010 04:12

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