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False colour image of a recent landslide in Zunil crater, Mars. It was most likely triggered by a Marsquake or a small impact event.
Reason
The HiRISE team have done it again - stunning clarity, high encyclopedic value and somewhat less confusing than the last one.
Articles this image appears in
Landslide, Geology of Mars
Creator
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
It's both: in this case the brown stuff appears to be surface material and the blue stuff would be a layer underneath it. Then again, I'm not a geologist. MER-C 08:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:PSP 001764 1880 cut b.jpg Stefan 14:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]