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Landslide in Mutch

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the east margin of a landslide off the southern rim of Mutch Crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. This particular landslide was likely triggered by a meteor impact that occurred nearby.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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18 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the east margin of a landslide off the southern rim of Mutch Crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. This particular landslide was likely triggered by a meteor impact that occurred nearby.

Location near: 0.7°S, 55.9°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring