Landslide (THEMIS_IOTD_20110225)
A landslide occurred from the rim of this unnamed crater in Margaritifer Terra on Mars. But the slide is hardly recent, and may have occurred a billion years ago. The clue? A close look at the debris shows where a few post-slide meteorite impacts have left craters on it. For such a small target to experience impacts like that implies that the slide happened a long, long time ago. The scene here measures 17 x 63 kilometers (10 x 39 miles).
For the latest THEMIS Mars images as received by mission scientists, see themis.asu.edu/livefrommars. To learn more about the THEMIS camera and its Mars images, see themis.asu.edu. And for more information about this image and to get larger versions, see themis.asu.edu/node/5586.
This image is in the public domain, but if used it should be credited as NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.
Landslide (THEMIS_IOTD_20110225)
A landslide occurred from the rim of this unnamed crater in Margaritifer Terra on Mars. But the slide is hardly recent, and may have occurred a billion years ago. The clue? A close look at the debris shows where a few post-slide meteorite impacts have left craters on it. For such a small target to experience impacts like that implies that the slide happened a long, long time ago. The scene here measures 17 x 63 kilometers (10 x 39 miles).
For the latest THEMIS Mars images as received by mission scientists, see themis.asu.edu/livefrommars. To learn more about the THEMIS camera and its Mars images, see themis.asu.edu. And for more information about this image and to get larger versions, see themis.asu.edu/node/5586.
This image is in the public domain, but if used it should be credited as NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.