Looks like similar rockfalls and dust clouds on Mars too..! amazing shot...
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_016423_2640 ---- Robert Verish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Easter Sunday afternoon Moni Waiblinger and myself were hiking in the Yuha > Desert near Ocotillo (just north of the US-Mexican Border) when the M~7.1 > earthquake struck south of Mexicali. You couldn't be any closer to the > epicenter and still be in the US. Needless to say, this was the strongest > earthquake that I've experienced. > > But what I saw AFTER the quake was equally amazing. Clouds of dust were > rising up from most of the canyons in the nearby mountains, the result of > rock-falls and possible landslides. The mountain to the south of us in Baja > (which I call "Signal Mountain") was covered in a cloud of dust. Images of > this phenomenon were shown on the local San Diego TV News stations (still > looking for a link of this image - my images were too obscured by dust). > > I'm wondering where the Signal Mountain iron meteorite was "actually" found, > and whether these recent rock falls might possibly unearth additional masses > of this iron? -- Bob V. > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
