Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

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Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

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From Space.com:
“ A Martian megatsunami — a giant killer wave that may have reached more than 80 stories tall — may have raced across the Red Planet after a cosmic impact similar to the one that likely ended Earth's age of dinosaurs, a new study finds.”

https://www.space.com/mars-megatsunami- ... act-crater

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Re: Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

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Cool read Stephen. Thanks for the link!
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Hi Stephen. Thanks for posting this fascinating link to the ancient Megatsunami that struck Mars long ago. This was a very interesting read about our nearby planet Stephen so thanks ago for putting this up here on TSS.
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Re: Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

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Here's another article from CNN today:
"NASA’s Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami"

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/world/ma ... index.html

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