PIA07276: Dust Devils Together
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a group of three large afternoon dust devils occurring within several kilometers of each other in northwestern Amazonis on Mars during the northern summer in November 2004.
 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:  256 x 661 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-971  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07276.tif (169.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07276.jpg (45.16 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 January 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired during northern summer in November 2004, shows a group of three large afternoon dust devils occurring within several kilometers of each other in northwestern Amazonis. The image covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and was obtained with a spatial resolution of 12 meters (13 yards) per pixel. This scene is located near 36.2°N, 157.6°W. Sunlight illuminates the dust devils from the left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-01-14