PIA02083: Slope Processes
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two buttes in the Elysium Basin on Mars. Exhibited are many small dark streaks on their slopes. Each streak is the result of mass-movement (landslides). Darker streaks appear to be younger than the brighter ones.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
 Product Size:  1256 x 1857 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-160  
 Addition Date:  1999-07-19 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02083.tif (2.393 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02083.jpg (475.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

These two buttes in the Elysium Basin exhibit many small dark streaks on their slopes. Each streak is the result of mass-movement (landslides). Darker streaks appear to be younger than the brighter ones. Image from MOC taken in April 1998.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
1999-07-19