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Probe Captures Avalanche on Mars
mdekato writes "MSNBC reports that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an avalanche on Mars' surface as it happened. Very good still images show what must have been an awesome sight. 'The full image reveals features as small as a desk in a strip of terrain 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) wide and more than 10 times that long, at 84 degrees north latitude. Reddish layers known to be rich in water ice make up the face of a steep slope more than 2,300 feet (700 meters) tall, running the length of the image. Mars' north pole is covered by a cap of ice, and it even snows there. The scientists suspect that more ice than dust probably makes up the material that fell from the upper portion of the scarp.'"
I visit here to find out things I can't find anywhere else. This story has been on every major news outlet for over 18 hours now. I read all about it last night before I went to bed. Now it's dinner time EST and it's just now hitting slashdot? Are you kidding me?
It is a great story, but it's not really "news" at this point. By now even the most hardened geek has already seen it someplace else.