PIA07051: Landslide in Coprates
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the distal (far) end of a landslide deposit in Coprates Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars. Large boulders, the size of buildings, occur on the landslide surface.
 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:  512 x 1197 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-911  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07051.tif (613.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07051.jpg (121.6 kB)  

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15 November 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the distal (far) end of a landslide deposit in Coprates Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. Large boulders, the size of buildings, occur on the landslide surface. This October 2004 picture is located near 15.3°S, 54.6°W, and covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-11-15