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{{Wide image|Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars.jpg|400px|Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars - these streaks are thought to be possibly due to avalanches of dark sand flowing down the slope}}
However a few of the streaks form in conditions that rule out all the usual mechanisms. These are the [[Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes|Warm Seasonal Flows]], also known as Recurrent Slope Lineae.<ref name="MartínezRenno2013b">{{cite journal|last1=Martínez|first1=G. M.|last2=Renno|first2=N. O.|title=Water and Brines on Mars: Current Evidence and Implications for MSL|journal=Space Science Reviews|volume=175|issue=1–4|year=2013|pages=29–51|issn=0038-6308|doi=10.1007/s11214-012-9956-3|bibcode=2013SSRv..175...29M}}</ref>
* They form on sun facing slopes in the summer when the local temperatures rise above 0C so far too warm for dry ice.
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