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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Dust Storm Over Northern Mars
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Dust Storm Over Northern Mars
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Almost on cue [ http://skyandtelesc…], as Mars nears its closest approach to planet Earth in recorded history, ominous seasonal [ http://www.msss.com…index.html ] dust storms are beginning to kick up. Observers [ http://www.uapress.…chap15.htm ] worry that the activity may presage the development of a planet wide dust storm [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], frustrating attempts to view Mars in the coming months, a situation similar to the Red Planet's uncooperative behavior [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 2001. In this example [ http://www.msss.com…index.html ], recorded in mid-May by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft camera, a dust storm the size of a continent sweeps north and east (toward the upper right) across Mars' northern Acidalia Planitia. Meanwhile [ http://humbabe.arc.…], interplanetary robotic explorers Mars Express [ http://sci.esa.int/…index.cfm?fareaid=9 ]/ Beagle 2 [ http://www.beagle2.…], Nozomi [ http://www.isas.ac.…index.html ], and the twin Mars Exploration Rovers [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] Opportunity and Spirit, are all bound for Mars and should arrive by early January 2004.
Explanation
Almost on cue [ http://skyandtelesc…], as Mars nears its closest approach to planet Earth in recorded history, ominous seasonal [ http://www.msss.com…index.html ] dust storms are beginning to kick up. Observers [ http://www.uapress.…chap15.htm ] worry that the activity may presage the development of a planet wide dust storm [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], frustrating attempts to view Mars in the coming months, a situation similar to the Red Planet's uncooperative behavior [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 2001. In this example [ http://www.msss.com…index.html ], recorded in mid-May by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft camera, a dust storm the size of a continent sweeps north and east (toward the upper right) across Mars' northern Acidalia Planitia. Meanwhile [ http://humbabe.arc.…], interplanetary robotic explorers Mars Express [ http://sci.esa.int/…index.cfm?fareaid=9 ]/ Beagle 2 [ http://www.beagle2.…], Nozomi [ http://www.isas.ac.…index.html ], and the twin Mars Exploration Rovers [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] Opportunity and Spirit, are all bound for Mars and should arrive by early January 2004. Explanation
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2001
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2001
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January 2004
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January 2004
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Mars
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Mars
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Arizona
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Arizona
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Earth
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Earth
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Mars
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Mars
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Opportunity
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Opportunity
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Spirit
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Spirit
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Beagle 2
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Beagle 2
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Mars Express
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Mars Express
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Nozomi
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Nozomi
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
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SPD-APOD-ap030710
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