Friday, March 7, 2008

Avalanche on Mars

Pictures taken last month by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show at least four avalanches that sent up huge clouds of dust and debris. Although they do not know how often avalanches like these occur, scientists are eager to discover active changes to the planet's surface, which does not happen often.

Full article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/03/mars.avalanche.ap/index.html

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