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Glorious Glacier

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona2016-07-15

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This image has low-sun lighting that accentuates the many transverse ridges on this slope, extending from Euripus Mons (mountains).

These flow-like structures were previously called "lobate debris aprons," but the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument on MRO has shown that they are actually debris-covered flows of ice, or glaciers. There is no evidence for present-day flow of these glaciers, so they appear to be remnants of past climates.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20745

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  • Title: Glorious Glacier
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
  • Date Created: 2016-07-15
  • Rights: JPL
  • Album: kboggs
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