Analyzing avalanches on asteroid Vesta offers new method for understanding regolith processes

A study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris uses images from NASA's Dawn mission and a Bayesian inversion of the Hapke photometric model to analyze avalanches and ejecta deposits ...
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Experts explain why the Tahoe avalanche was so dangerous

The conditions that drove the deadliest avalanche in California's modern history began to emerge days in advance, as a blizzard brewed after an unusually dry January in the Sierra Nevada. Citing rapid ...
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Two factors may explain the rise in avalanche deaths in U.S.

On Saturday, police in Salt Lake City responded to a call about an avalanche in Millcreek Canyon that had trapped two groups of skiers. According to the Unified Police Department of Salt Lake City.
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‘Avalanche!’: Survivors Recount the Tragedy at Perry’s Peak

The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history. A 3-D model reconstruction of Perry's Peak area based on data from the United ...