A Global Dust Storm on Mars
Explanation:
A dust storm on
Mars can involve nearly the entire planet.
As spring descended on the southern hemisphere of the
red planet this June and July, a
global dust storm raged.
Pictured above is the storm on July 8 as it spread up from the
south, oriented on the lower right.
The image was captured by the robot
Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft which continues to orbit the
red planet.
A smaller
dust storm is visible
in the north to the left of the dark giant volcano
Ascraeus Mons.
Far-reaching
dust storms also occur on planet Earth.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
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GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
