Impact generated dust avalanche on Mars.

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The MRO Context Camera & the HiRISE have identified a recent landslide on the slopes of the gigantic Olympus Mons shield volcano. A tiny crater, approx 4 metres wide has an extensive dust apron down slope.

Impact generated landslide on Mars. Olympus Mons volcano.

Andrew Brown.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Wow, very cool. Thanx

Meteor(ite) Wayne

 

[bdewoody]

Your post mentioned an impact. Was it an asteroid? I've been wondering how long it will be before someone here on earth observes a major impact on one of the inner rocky planets (hopefully not earth).

 

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Most likely to have originated from the Asteroid Belt, but the impactor is only thought to be about 50 centimetres wide, that caused this. Very small body, really a meteorite.

Andrew Brown.