PIA04973: Daedalia Dust Devil
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
 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:  836 x 1254 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04973.tif (1.005 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04973.jpg (173.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-574, 14 December 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an active dust devil making its way across an intercrater surface in western Daedalia Planum. This picture, a MOC "classic," was obtained back in October 1999. Sunlight illuminates the scene [missing text] curved shadow cast by the spinning column of air can be seen to the right of the dust devil. This area is located near 10.0°S, 143.0°W. The image covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-04