BA Blog: BREAKING: Martian avalanche caught in the act!



MRO HiRISE image

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Who's up for hang gliding?

Seriously, that's cool.

This is pretty damn cool also.

Earth & Moon as seen by MRO HiRISE.

Andrew Brown.

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"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.

Mega Cool!

I hope no Martian skiers were caught in the avalanche.
As others have said, way cool.

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Are they sure it was an avalanche? Could it be a spill of CO2 gas that's dislodged dust?

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"What you think you thought you saw you did not see." Agent J, MiB - Manhatten Bureau

Here we are a Before & During landslide.

Andrew Brown.

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"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.

My younger sister is going to love these photos.

She's 10, and already a huge Mars fanatic.

That also goes for the chocolate.

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"Well, gee' they might wanna know, I mean; what happens if I, drop a black hole, in a black hole?"

Duuuuude, that is aaaaaawesome!

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What a amazing picture! extremely cool!

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Thanks for the before and after pics. I was wondering if they had a before image of the site.

I think I found an earlier avalanche from the "before"-image taken Feb.3.



Maybe these happen frequently in the springtime?

Oh hi, fist post from a BA n00b but long time lurker.

Welcome to the wonderful world of posting.

Good eye. The Planetary Society Weblog, Before, during, and after avalanches on Mars, points that out with a blink-comparison animation of that part of the cliff.

It seems like that cliff must be pretty active.

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