Avalanche
Only an earthling would think that avalanches are exclusive to this planet.Â
But little did you know that they happen on Mars too!Â
NASA just recorded avalanches on the little red planet.Â
NASA wrote in a report:
August 12, 2020
The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) cliff on May 29, 2019. The image also reveals layers at Mars’ north pole during spring. As temperatures increase and vaporize ice, the destabilized ice blocks break loose and kick up dust.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The University of Arizona, in Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., in Boulder, Colorado.
As you enjoy Mars glowing in the eastern sky this evening, just remember that bright, red dot is actually an active…
Posted by NASA Mars on Tuesday, October 6, 2020
