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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Wide-Angle View of Gusev Dust Devil, Sol 559
Title
Wide-Angle View of Gusev Dust Devil, Sol 559
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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This movie clip shows dust devils moving across the plain inside Mars' Gusev Crater, as seen with a hazard-identificatio n camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The clip consists of consists of frames taken by that camera during a span of 8 minutes, 26 seconds on the rover's 559th martian day, or sol (July 29, 2005). Contrast has been enhanced for anything in the images that changes from frame to frame, that is, for the dust moved by wind.
Spirit began seeing dust devil activity around the beginning of Mars' spring season. Activity increased as spring continued, but fell off again for about two weeks during a dust storm. As the dust storm faded away, dust devil activity came back. In the mid-afternoons as the summer solstice approached, dust devils were a very common occurrence on the floor of Gusev crater. The early-spring dust devils tended to move southwest-to-northea st, across the dust devil streaks in Gusev seen from orbit. Increasingly as the season progresses, the dust devils are seen moving northwest-to-southea st, in the same direction as the streaks. Scientists are watching for the big dust devils that leave those streaks.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
This movie clip shows dust devils moving across the plain inside Mars' Gusev Crater, as seen with a hazard-identificatio n camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The clip consists of consists of frames taken by that camera during a span of 8 minutes, 26 seconds on the rover's 559th martian day, or sol (July 29, 2005). Contrast has been enhanced for anything in the images that changes from frame to frame, that is, for the dust moved by wind.
Spirit began seeing dust devil activity around the beginning of Mars' spring season. Activity increased as spring continued, but fell off again for about two weeks during a dust storm. As the dust storm faded away, dust devil activity came back. In the mid-afternoons as the summer solstice approached, dust devils were a very common occurrence on the floor of Gusev crater. The early-spring dust devils tended to move southwest-to-northea st, across the dust devil streaks in Gusev seen from orbit. Increasingly as the season progresses, the dust devils are seen moving northwest-to-southea st, in the same direction as the streaks. Scientists are watching for the big dust devils that leave those streaks.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Wide-Angle View of Gusev Dust Devil, Sol 559 [ http //photojournal.jpl.n asa.gov/animation/PI A04156 ]
Click on graphic to obtain download options
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Wide-Angle View of Gusev Dust Devil, Sol 559 [ http //photojournal.jpl.n asa.gov/animation/PI A04156 ]
Click on graphic to obtain download options
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Texas A&M
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL/Texas A&M
Image Credit
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Produced By:
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Texas A&M
Produced_By
Texas A&M
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Spirit
Spacecraft
Spirit
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mars
Target_Name
Mars
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
Instrument
Hazard-identificatio n Camera
Instrument
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Product Size:
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1024 samples x 245 lines
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1024 samples x 245 lines
Product Size
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_what:
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Crater
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Crater
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facet_what:
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Spirit
facet_what
Spirit
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
facet_what
Hazard-identificatio n Camera
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Sol
facet_what
Sol
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Texas
facet_where
Texas
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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July 29, 2005
facet_when
July 29, 2005
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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2005
facet_when_year
2005
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA04156
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04156
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04156
UID
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