PIA03584: Landslide in Mutch
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the east margin of a landslide off the southern rim of Mutch Crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. This particular landslide was likely triggered by a meteor impact that occurred nearby.
 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:  836 x 3390 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1285  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03584.tif (2.837 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03584.jpg (330.9 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

18 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the east margin of a landslide off the southern rim of Mutch Crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. This particular landslide was likely triggered by a meteor impact that occurred nearby.

Location near: 0.7°S, 55.9°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-11-18