Continuing a landslide theme, this observation captures terrain right at the edge of the caldera of Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons and two other volcanoes form what is known as the Tharsis Montes, which are often surrounded by water ice clouds (as opposed to Mars’ equally common carbon dioxide clouds). This image was acquired after a global dust storm earlier in 2022.

ID: ESP_076161_1695
date: 25 October 2022
altitude: 241 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076161_1695
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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