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Looking for Avalanches
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Looking for Avalanches

NASA / JPL · 2021-08-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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The North Polar Layered Deposits (NPLD) are large layered deposits of dusty water-ice in the northern polar region of Mars. The layering we see is caused mainly by slight variations in the dust-to-ice ratio, which records variations in the Martian climate over time. Another interesting aspect of the NPLD is the fact that we have observed on its scarps numerous avalanche events. Avalanches have also been spotted at this scarp.

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Credit lineLooking for Avalanches. NASA/JPL, 2021-08-20. Public domain. ID: PIA24864.
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