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Collapsing Cliff at Telegonus Mensa (MULTISPECTRUM; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"This mosaic, showing an area called Telegonus Mensa, on Jupiter's moon Io and obtained by using frames taken by the NASA's Galileo Spacecraft on Oct. 16, 2001, reveal a complex interplay of geologic processes.
Four small, HR frames (9,6 mt, or 32 feet, per picture element) have been set into the larger context mosaic, which has a resolution of 42 mt (140 feet) per picture element. The illumination is from the upper right and North is to the top of the mosaic. A fracture runs North-West from the lower right corner of the mosaic into the amphitheater in the center of the frame. A HR image along this fracture reveals that lava has erupted from it.
The amphitheater itself is the site of extensive erosion, as the cliff has slumped South-Eastward under the influence of Io's gravity. HR frames directly south of the amphitheater show another slumping cliff in detail. Flat tops of massive slump blocks up to 6 Km (3,7 miles) long and 0,5 Km (0,3 miles) across are illuminated by the the Sun and cast shadows down the face of the cliff.
Based on these shadows, Galileo scientists estimate that the cliff is 1 to 2 Km high.
Just to the left of center a series of landslides can be seen, the longest of which extends for about 4 Km (such as approx. 2,5 miles)".
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