HiPOD: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Olympus Mons Landslides

Olympus Mons Landslides

An Olympus Mons Landslide
Olympus Mons is too large for HiRISE to capture in one image, but we can get very detailed closeups of parts of it. Here, we see a slope streak, possibly caused by a boulder rolling downhill and exposing the darker material.

ID: ESP_054599_2015
date: 20 March 2018
altitude: 277 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_054599_2015
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.