On May 26, 2014, an enormous landslide came roaring from above in a sparsely inhabited area of Mesa County, Colorado, near the town of Collbran. Measuring more than 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) long, 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) wide and as deep as 260 feet (80 meters), the slide claimed three lives. This 3-D perspective view was created from an image acquired on June 6, 2014, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft. The vertical relief has been exaggerated two times. The slide is located at 39.1 degrees north, 107.9 degrees west.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Note: The original article mentioned that the landslide occurred in Arizona; however, this is incorrect as Mesa County is located in Colorado. I've corrected the article.
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