{"id":44074,"date":"2023-06-28T06:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=44074"},"modified":"2023-06-28T06:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:18:09","slug":"planet-fluchthorn-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2023\/06\/28\/planet-fluchthorn-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet satellite image of the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planet satellite image of the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once again my friends at Planet<\/a> have captured a remarkable satellite image of a landslide.\u00a0 They have imaged, using their high resolution SkySat instrument, the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche<\/a>.\u00a0 This is the image:-<\/p>\n

\"Planet

Planet<\/a> SkySat image of the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche in Austria. Image, captured on 18 June 2023, copyright Planet, used with permission.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The image above has not been orthorectified (i.e. it is shown from the perspective of the instrument). This is corrected in the version of the image below:<\/p>\n

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Orthorectified Planet<\/a> SkySat image of the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche in Austria. Image, captured on 18 June 2023, copyright Planet, used with permission.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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I have also imported the image into Google Earth, and have draped it onto the topography:-<\/p>\n

\"Orthorectified

Orthorectified Planet<\/a> SkySat image of the 11 June 2023 Fl\u00fcchthorn rock avalanche in Austria, draped onto Google Earth topography. Image, captured on 18 June 2023, copyright Planet, used with permission.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The image captures very beautifully the steep source zone of the landslide and the very bouldery upper portion of the deposit. The transition into a debris flow, probably because of the entrainment of ice and saturated sediment as it crossed the upper plateau, can be seen.\u00a0 Almost no deposition has occurred as the landslide descended the steep lower slope.\u00a0 The landslide has scoured the sediments at the foot of the steep lower slope but has then started to deposit material, allowing a small lake to form.\u00a0 The width of the flow dramatically reduces from this point onwards.<\/p>\n

It is extremely fortunate that no-one was in the path of this dramatic landslide.<\/p>\n

It is also worth noting that the failure also caused a small landslide on the other side of the Fl\u00fcchthorn:-<\/p>\n

\"Orthorectified

Orthorectified Planet<\/a> SkySat image of the other face of the Fl\u00fcchthorn, draped onto Google Earth topography, showing another small landslide.<\/em> Image, captured on 18 June 2023, copyright Planet, used with permission.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Acknowledgement and reference<\/h4>\n

Planet Team (2023). Planet Application Program Interface: In Space for Life on Earth. San Francisco, CA. https:\/\/www.planet.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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