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3 October 2017
Murchison Hut: an interesting landslide problem in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Murchison Hut: a skiers and climbers refuge closed by a large, progressive rockslide in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in South Island, New Zealand
6 September 2017
Landslides from the North Korea nuclear weapon test
Planet Labs images show that the landslides triggered by the North Korea nuclear weapon test were neither extensive nor unusual for this type of event
25 August 2017
Pizzo Cengalo rock avalanche – Planet satellite imagery captured the landslide in motion
Planet Labs imagery has captured the enormous Pizzo Cengalo rock avalanche, which has left eight people missing in Switzerland, in motion
18 August 2017
A tale of two major slides: understanding the Regent and Kotrupi / Kotropi landslides
Further details are now emerging about the Kotropi and Regent landslides, which have killed hundreds of people in India and Sierra Leone this week
11 August 2017
Planet Labs imagery of landslides triggered by the Jiuzhaigou Earthquake
Planet Labs have very kindly made available before and after imagery of the landslides triggered by the Jiuzhaigou earthquake in China on 8th August 2017
8 May 2017
The Mocoa landslides: new satellite images
GFZ Postdam and ReliefWeb have released a set of PlanetLab satellite images showing the Mocoa landslides which killed over 400 people last month in Colombia
18 April 2017
The Almaluu-Bulak landslide in Kyrgyzstan: amazing new Google Earth imagery
Fantastic Google Earth imagery is now available of the site of the Almaluu-Bulak landslide in Kyrgyzstan, which was captured so memorably on video last year
10 November 2016
Planet Labs satellite image of the Lamplugh Glacier landslide
Planet Labs have collected a very high quality satellite image of the Lamplugh Glacier / Glacier Bay landslide in Alaska last June
25 October 2016
Structures in the Aru Mountains giant avalanche deposits
The new satellite start-up, Planet, have collected satellite imagery of the second Aru Mountains avalanche in Tibet, allowing initial analysis of the flow
17 July 2016
Glacier Bay Landslide in Alaska: a satellite image and new videos
A new satellite image and two new videos are available of the enormous Glacier Bay landslide in Alaska, which occurred a few weeks ago
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.
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