A Perfect Storm
A pair of eagle-eyed spacecraft - the NASA Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope - are giving amazed astronomers a ringside seat to the biggest global dust storm seen on Mars in several decades. The Martian dust storm, larger by far than any seen on Earth, has raised a cloud of dust that has engulfed the entire planet for several months.
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NASA press release
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| Id: | opo0131a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 11 October 2001, 19:00 |
| Size: | 3000 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mars |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet • Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere : Storm • Solar System Images/Videos |
