Tag: Recurring Slope Lineae

  • Scientists suggest streaks on Martian hillsides are dry flows

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    This inner slope of a Martian crater has several of the seasonal dark streaks called “recurrent slope lineae,” or RSL, that a November 2017 report interprets as granular flows, rather than darkening due to flowing water. The image is from the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA/USGS Intermittent flows that appear on…

  • NASA confirms intermittent water flows on Mars

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Dark, narrow streaks on Martian slopes such as these at Hale Crater are inferred to be formed by seasonal flow of water on contemporary Mars. The streaks are roughly the length of a football field. The imaging and topographical information in this processed, false-color view come from the…