Thanks to Paul I was able to add a lot of new names to the list and correct earlier mistakes
Avalanche spire? There are avalanche on Mars? O.o
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Yes, there are avalanches on Mars, they have imaged the aftermath of rock, dust and ice block slides on Mars, they've even imaged clouds of dust kicked up just after rock slides. These were images by the MRO (orbiter) HiRISE camera
Why wouldn't there be avalanches on Mars? It's a rocky planet, and gravity doesn't function any differently there. Same goes for Earth's Moon. Satellites orbiting Mars have managed to catch them in progress, and that I believe was even before the InSight lander proved there are fairly strong groundquakes, which would trigger even more. And this is a planet known for its deep canyons...
wow, this is riddled with compression artifacts. maybe I should look into hosting these images somewhere else, and not directly on lemmy