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A Mass of Viscous Flow Features
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Viscous, lobate flow features are commonly found at the bases of slopes in the mid-latitudes of Mars, and are often associated with gullies. These features are bound by ridges that resemble terrestrial moraines, suggesting that these deposits are ice-rich, or may have been ice-rich in the past. The source of the ice is unclear, but there is some thought that it is deposited from the atmosphere during periods of high obliquity, also known as axial tilt.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineA Mass of Viscous Flow Features. NASA/JPL, 2017-03-06. Public domain. ID: PIA21554.