Comments on: Why this place in Valles Marineris is NOT a good place to establish trails and inns https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/why-this-place-in-valles-marineris-is-not-a-good-place-to-establish-trails-and-inns/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Greg the Geologist https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/why-this-place-in-valles-marineris-is-not-a-good-place-to-establish-trails-and-inns/#comment-1539964 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:06:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111029#comment-1539964 Concur that this looks like a series of debris flows, of impressive size. An analysis of craters might suggest the age of these collapse features. Note we do have similar features right here, even in California, though the distances are not as long due to earth’s higher gravity. For example, a long run-out slide occurred during the Pleistocene along the north slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains. Check out aerial or satellite images of the Blackhawk Slide. There are also submarine slides of comparable extent to those you show on Mars. I can only imagine the resulting tsunami…

]]> By: MDN https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/why-this-place-in-valles-marineris-is-not-a-good-place-to-establish-trails-and-inns/#comment-1539825 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:56:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111029#comment-1539825 Think I’ll wait from the tram!

]]> By: Jerry Greenwood https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/why-this-place-in-valles-marineris-is-not-a-good-place-to-establish-trails-and-inns/#comment-1539791 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:10:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111029#comment-1539791 It reminds me of the “Knife Edge” at the very north end of the Appalachian Trail.

Tread carefully.

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