Val Strem Landslide

In March 2016, rock and soil tumbled down the eastern side of the steep Strem Valley in Tujetsch municipality. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of debris left by the rockslide on March 18, 2016. Despite sliding about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) down the snow-covered valley, the debris did not cause any damage to life or property.

• References

• The Landslide Blog (2016, March 17) The Val Strem rockslide – a dramatic long run out landslide in Switzerland. Accessed April 6, 2016.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published April 6, 2016
Data acquired March 18, 2016

Source:

Landsat 8 > OLI