Type I Ceres Landslide (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Type I Ceres Landslide

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Type I landslides on Ceres are relatively round, large and have thick 'toes' at their ends. They look similar to rock glaciers and icy landslides in Earth's arctic.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, taken by Dawn Framing Camera

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