18 June 2009
Chongqing landslide – NASA satellite image
Posted by Dave Petley
NASA have provided the first decent overview of the Chongqing landslide via a high resolution satellite image. This can be found here.

The morphology of this is decidedly odd – I will spend some time trying understand it better. According to the NASA page the source is to the north and the landslide has moved southwards and then spread out to the southwest.
Meanwhile, the search for victims continues according to Xinhua.

Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
i like you photo you website is very interesting, thank for the information
– I will spend some time trying understand it better.