PIA06352: Devilish Details
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small, springtime dust devil creating a dark streak on the plains of Argyre on Mars. The small, bright dot is the dust devil.
 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:  672 x 977 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1229  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06352.tif (657.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06352.jpg (116 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

23 September 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small, springtime dust devil creating a dark streak on the plains of Argyre. The small, bright dot is the dust devil. Many other dark streaks on the plains indicate the areas where other dust devils had passed within the past several weeks before this July 2005 image was acquired.

Location near: 44.6°S, 40.3°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-09-23