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Original Caption Released with Image: Near the Viking 1 Lander on the Chryse Plains of Mars, 'Big Joe' stands a silent vigil. This large, often-photographed dark rock has a topping of reddish fine-grained silt that spills down its sides. It is about 2 meters (6.6 feet) long and lies about 8 meters (26 feet) from the spacecraft. The rough texture of the sides shows it to be coarse grained. Big Joe appears to be part of a field of large blocks that has a roughly circular alignment and which may be part of the rim of an ancient degraded crater. Some of the other blocks of the field can be seen to the left, extending out toward the horizon, perhaps 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) away. Drifts of fine-grained material cover the surface to the right and left of Big Joe. The part of the Lander that is visible in the lower left is the cover of the nuclear power supply. Image Credit: NASA/JPL

Space

Ancient megatsunami on Mars traced to the crater where it began

Before Mars dried up, an asteroid slammed into one of its oceans and caused a colossal megatsunami, and now researchers have found the crater where it hit

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Humans

Ancient Chilean tsunami scared local people away for 1000 years

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The aftermath of a 2010 tsunami in Chile

Earth

Tsunamis create magnetic fields that could act as early warning system

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Humans

Tiny island survived tsunami that helped separate Britain and Europe

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Shallow Mexican seabed traps tsunamis so they strike land repeatedly

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Body bags filled with people who have lost their lives from the tsunami

Environment

Over 800 people have died after a massive tsunami hit Indonesia

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Earth

Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims

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Hawaii tops the list of beach destinations at risk of tsunami

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Earth

Huge underwater landslides and tsunamis may be caused by ooze

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Physics

Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings

When an earthquake sets off a tsunami, it releases speedy sound waves that could give us early warning. But they still can’t predict the size of the tsunami

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Humans

Tsunami warning for US west coast after magnitude-7.9 earthquake

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Life

Hundreds of Japanese species floated to the US on tsunami debris

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Earth

Mystery of missing tsunamis explained by geological model

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Melting ice may be making mountains collapse in Greenland

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