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Ice Block Avalanche
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One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows many new ice blocks compared to an earlier image in December 2006. An animation shows one example, where a section of ice cliff collapsed. The older image (acquired in bin-2 mode) is not as sharp as the newer one. HiRISE has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineIce Block Avalanche. NASA/JPL, 2018-06-25. Public domain. ID: PIA22535.
