PIA08663: Buried Ends
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a flow or landslide feature on a hillslope facing north (toward top/upper right) that is buried on both ends.
 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 2227 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1547  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08663.tif (1.864 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08663.jpg (407.9 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

7 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a flow or landslide feature on a hillslope facing north (toward top/upper right) that is buried on both ends. Both the uphill portion of the slide (just below the center of the image) and the bottom end of the slide, or flow feature (near the upper right corner of the image), is buried. Whether this partially buried landform was formed by simple, dry mass movement (a landslide) or by flow of an ice-rich material, is unclear. The features in this image occur among the massifs located east of the Hellas basin.

Location near: 45.6°S, 248.5°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-08-07