Moving Downhill

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows an isolated mountain east of Hellas Planitia. Erosion is moving material down hill towards the lower elevations. The linear features on the hill debris indicate that volatiles such as ice may play a part in the erosion.

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Context

Image ID: 
V74924003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-42.7071
108.078
74924
2018-11-04 11:37
Fri, 2019-01-18
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (62 km)
0.034163 km/pixel
0.0344668 km/pixel

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