Rock glaciers on Mars viewed with Google Earth
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Several glacier-like landforms have been identified on Mars. We can view some of them with Google Earth and its virtual Mars planet. In the images of Ismeniae Fossae glaciers, the flow lines of these landforms are clearly visible too.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017