PIA02061: Growth of a Dust Storm (TES)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows variation of dust content with time showing the growth of a storm on Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Thermal Emission Spectrometer 
 Product Size:  1700 x 2200 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Arizona State University 
 Addition Date:  1999-06-23 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02061.tif (233.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02061.jpg (390.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Variation of dust content with time shows the growth of a storm. Opacities range from 0.15 (violet) to 1.25 (red). Orbit 25 is 10-21-1997, orbit 51 is 11-27-1997, and orbit 53 is 11-30-1997.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
1999-06-23