PIA00813: 1997 Martian Dust Storm
Blue-filter image of the 1997 Martian dust storm. Mars Orbiter Camera wide-angle frame from Orbit 50, taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
 Product Size:  1200 x 1194 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-40 P49729 MRPS87586  
 Addition Date:  1998-03-13 
 Other  
Information: 		 Science Magazine Article 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00813.tif (310.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00813.jpg (77.07 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Blue-filter image of the 1997 Martian dust storm. Mars Orbiter Camera wide-angle frame from Orbit 50.

Figure caption from Science Magazine.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
1998-03-13