Mass Wasting

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Mass Wasting is the term given to the process of change on a surface due to gravity - ie. things moving downhill due to the force of gravity. Dark streaks mark the slopes of craters and hills in this region of Amazonis Planitia. The streaks are caused by dust being displaced by an object (rock) rolling downhill.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V43710004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
8.40411
183.638
43710
2011-10-22 09:29
Tue, 2011-12-06
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (67 km)
0.018635 km/pixel
0.019613 km/pixel

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