Science Question:
What are the differences between landslides in the Eos Chasma region and landslides within Isidis Basin region?

Main Results:
1. The location of the landslides varies between the Isidis Basin region and the Eos Chasma region. As seen in the images, the Isidis Basin landslides are located within craters and are often found on the floor of the crater while in the canyon region the landslides were not found on the floor; in fact, part of the reason why they were not on the floor of the canyon was most likely because of its depth and its precipitous walls.

2.The amount of landslides found in the Eos Chasma region are more than the landslides found in the Isidis Basin Region. There are possibly more landslides within the canyon area as opposed to the crater area because the rock or debris is more vulnerable to the canyon’s steep walls.

3.The slopes appear to be greater in the Eos Chasma region than in the Isidis Basin region, which could have possibly formed the longer landslides.

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Extra Comments:
1. The journey to explore landslides within the Eos Chasma region and the Isidis Basin region proved to be a success personally. Once I decided to take the project on as an individual, I knew it would be difficult to stay focused and collect the right data. As soon as I finished the research paper, I felt a sense of deep accomplishment.

2. This data has proved to be beneficial to me because as I am learning more about the planet Mars, I am able to compare it to the features we have here on Earth and hopefully by comparing, just as our scientists do today, I will better understand the world around me.

3. Once scientists like myself can begin to understand what environment is needed to sustain water and what environments had water previously on Mars, we can begin to construct the blueprint for our new home on Mars, in the future.