PIA08482: Closing Window
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows billowing clouds of dust rising from a storm southeast of Hellas Planitia on Mars. The dust storm in this case obscured the Mars Orbiter Camera's view of the martian surface.
 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 1614 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1472  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08482.tif (1.086 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08482.jpg (60.28 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

24 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows billowing clouds of dust rising from a storm southeast of Hellas Planitia. The dust storm in this case obscured the Mars Orbiter Camera's view of the martian surface.

Location near: 62.2°S, 259.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-05-24