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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-10 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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The specks in this scene were caused by charged particles from a solar storm hitting a camera aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
PIA26303:
Curiosity Sees Specks Caused By 2024 Solar Storm While Recording a Wind Gust on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-10 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured streaks and specks using one of its navigation cameras just as particles from a solar storm arrived on the Martian surface. These artifacts are caused by energetic particles hitting the camera's image detector.
PIA26302:
Curiosity Sees Streaks and Specks During 2024 Solar Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Hazcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover used its front and rear black-and-white Hazcams to capture 12 hours of a Martian day. The rover's shadow is visible on the surface in these images taken by the front Hazcam.
PIA26209:
Curiosity's Hazcams Capture a Day on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-29 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
Navigation Camera (M2020)
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NASA's Perseverance rover captured this Martian dust devil moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph) along Thorofare Ridge on Aug. 30, 2023.
PIA26074:
Martian Whirlwind Takes the 'Thorofare'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
SuperCam
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This video and audio show the results of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover using its SuperCam microphone to record the sounds of a Martian dust devil. The dust devil passed directly over Perseverance on Sept. 27, 2021.
PIA25657:
NASA's Perseverance Records a Martian Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-01 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
Navigation Camera (M2020)
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its navigation camera to capture these dust devils swirling across Jezero Crater on July 20, 2021, the 148th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25290:
Perseverance Views Dust Devils Swirling Across Jezero Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Hazcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used one of its Hazcams to catch this apparent dusty wind gust blowing overhead on March 18, 2022.
PIA25177:
Curiosity's Hazcam Catches a Dusty Wind Gust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the northern lowlands, complex surfaces with craters of all sizes, layering, dust devil tracks and other erosional features.
PIA25128:
Not Bland At All
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-20 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
Mastcam-Z
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The Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shot video of Ingenuity helicopter's flight, presented here in side-by-side processed versions that have both been enhanced to show a dust plume swirling during takeoff and again on landing.
PIA24589:
Enhanced Video Shows Dust During Ingenuity's Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on October 30, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a dust devil forming by rising and rotating warm air pockets.
PIA24465:
A Dust Devil is Born
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a field on dunes on the floor of an unnamed crater in southern Terra Sirenum.
PIA24364:
Southern Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on September 3, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows loops in the tracks that can often be used to discern the direction traveled by dust devils.
PIA24148:
Dust Devil Dance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-01 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted this dust devil with one of its Navigation Cameras around 11:35 a.m. local Mars time on Aug. 9, 2020 (the 2,847th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).
PIA24039:
Curiosity Spots a Dust Devil in the Hills
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image, acquired on October 1, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows yet another stunning image of an active dust devil on Mars.
PIA23736:
The Devil is in the Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an interesting sand dune on the floor of an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea.
PIA23564:
Terra Sabaea Dune
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows large individual dunes on the floor of Kaiser Crater.
PIA23120:
Kaiser Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on January 13, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cluster of dust devil tracks on the flat ground below the south polar layered deposits, but none on the layers themselves.
PIA23064:
Following the Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria has both a sand sheet with dune forms and a multitude of dust devil tracks.
PIA23024:
Dunes and Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a a region dense with dust devil tracks. Located in Promethei Terra, these tracks run parallel to the nearby southeastern margin of Hellas Planitia.
PIA22987:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows clouds are a common occurrence over the south polar cap during southern summer.
PIA22900:
Another Cloudy Day
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image shows the surface of Mars, taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) on May 30, 2014. The contrast has been enhanced in this image to better show the region where InSight landed on Nov. 26, 2018.
PIA22927:
Of Wind and Dust Devils on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on March 29, 2011 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dunes with ripples on their upwind slopes and dark streaks on their downwind slopes.
PIA22869:
Active Dunes in Wirtz Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows dust devil tracks in Utopia Planitia on Mars. The tracks occur where dust devils have scoured the fine materials off the underlying surface.
PIA22578:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-23 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter covers a small central portion of the Hellas Planitia basin, the largest visible impact basin in the Solar System, and shows a dune field with lots of dust devil trails.
PIA22052:
Squiggles in Hellas Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows regions of geologic diversity within an unnamed crater, formed in the Southern highlands of Mars.
PIA21654:
Gullies and Craters and Dunes, Oh My!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This false-color scene from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documents movement of dust as a regional dust storm approached the rover's location on Feb. 24, 2017.
PIA21485:
Active Lifting During Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks in Aonia Terra. As the dust devil moves along the surface it scours the dust and fine materials away, revealing the darker rocky surface below the dust.
PIA21501:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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This frame from a sequence of images shows a dust-carrying whirlwind, called a dust devil, on lower Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, as viewed by NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover during the summer afternoon of Feb. 18, 2017.
PIA21483:
Swirling Dust in Gale Crater, Mars, Sol 1613 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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Dust devils dance in the distance in this frame from a sequence of images taken by the Navigation Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 12, 2017, during the summer afternoon.
PIA21482:
Curiosity Observes Whirlwinds Carrying Martian Dust Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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Beyond a dark sand dune closer to the rover, a Martian dust devil passes in front of the horizon in this frame from an animation from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
PIA21481:
Dust Devil Passes Near Martian Sand Dune Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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This frame from an animation shows a dust-carrying whirlwind, called a dust devil, scooting across the ground inside Gale Crater, as observed on the local summer afternoon of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover's on Feb. 1, 2017.
PIA21270:
Martian Dust Devil Action in Gale Crater, Sol 1597 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks on the plains of Aonia Terra.
PIA21316:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied this large crescent dune in Kaiser Crater showing the scars of many types of seasonal erosional activities.
PIA21458:
Scars of Erosion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a portion of one of many dust devils on Mars.
PIA21457:
A Dust Devil on Hilly Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-01-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks in Argyre Planitia.
PIA21294:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-01-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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The large dark feature is a classic Martian sand dune on Wirtz Crater as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA12289:
The Changing Dunes of Wirtz Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows some of the numerous dark linear streaks on the floor of Gusev Crater. These streaks are formed by wind action.
PIA21187:
Gusev Crater Windstreaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA21009:
Terra Cimmeria - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the floor of Gusev Crater.
PIA21006:
Gusev Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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From its perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below.
PIA20012:
Opportunity's Devilish View from on High
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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On an early fall afternoon in Ganges Chasma (Valles Marineris), NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft managed to capture a cluster of eight dust devils.
PIA20045:
Marching Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-09-30 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows a channel system flowing to the southwest toward the huge Hellas impact basin.
PIA19961:
Dynamic Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-09-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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The workings of the Martian winds are visible in this image of sand dunes trapped inside an unnamed crater in southern Terra Cimmeria captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
PIA19941:
Which Came First?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the central peak in Porter Crater. Southward on the slopes below the peak is a large dune field.
PIA19853:
Potential Active Processes in Porter Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks in Noachis Terra. The dark tracks show where the whirlwind was in contact with the surface and removed dust to expose the darker rocky surface.
PIA19464:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks on the surface of Sisyphi Planum.
PIA19453:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a multitude of dust devil tracks on Mars. The dark linear marks record where the dust devil was in contact with the surface and removed dust revealing the darker surface below.
PIA19437:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The faint dark lines in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are caused by dust devils. As the dust devil travels along the surface it scours away the loose surface dust, revealing the darker surface beneath.
PIA19271:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image is of a portion of the Southern plains region within Hellas, the largest impact basin on Mars, with a diameter of about 2300 kilometers (1400 miles), as observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA19350:
Pitted Landforms in Southern Hellas Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is of an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. Part of the crater floor contains a dune field. Dust devil tracks are visible east of the dunes.
PIA19199:
Dunes and Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This observation, taken in June 2014, covers a small 1-kilometer sized simple crater located in the Southern hemisphere in late Martian winter as Mars is heading into spring.
PIA19139:
Crater Slopes: The Power of a Repeat Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is of the northern plains and shows hundreds of dust devil tracks.
PIA18493:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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The North Polar layered deposits (NPLD) are a stack of layers of ice and dust at the North Pole of Mars. The layers are thought to have been deposited over millions of years. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18587:
Waiting for Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The numerous dust devil tracks in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in Utopia Planitia.
PIA18263:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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In the lee of this unnamed crater there are no dunes, but numerous dust devil tracks. Dunes surround the crater, except for the lee area, as shown in image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18261:
More Siton Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft show the dark marks left behind after the passage of a dust devil cover this region of Utopia Planitia.
PIA18257:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A multitude of dust devil tracks mark the suface in this region of Utopia Planitia. This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18134:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dust devil tracks covering most of the surface in this region of Utopia Planitia.
PIA18102:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This southern autumn image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter offers a view of frosty dunes. The sunlight is shining on the dunes from the upper right.
PIA18114:
Frost in Dune Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Looking at yet another portion of Utopia Planitia, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft still find hundreds of dust devil tracks.
PIA17966:
More Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Hundreds of dust devil tracks are evident on Utopia Planitia, Mars as seen by by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA17965:
More Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark markings in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are tracks made by the passage of 'dust devils.' Dust devils are common in the extensive plains of the northern latitudes. This image is located in Utopia Planitia.
PIA17964:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-01-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of the floor of Antoniadi Crater. The faint, dark marks may be dust devil tracks.
PIA17887:
Antoniadi Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft show the tracks of dust devils on the rim of Stoney Crater.
PIA17327:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a small field of dunes and associated dust devil tracks located on the floor of this unnamed crater on the rim of Roddenberry Crater.
PIA17093:
Dunes and Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sand dune field in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The dark lines swirling over the surface of the dunes are the tracks of dust devils.
PIA17728:
Dust Devil Tracks and Slope Streaks on Martian Sand Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
REMS
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Twenty-one times during the first 12 weeks that NASA's Mars rover Curiosity worked on Mars, the rover's Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) detected brief dips in air pressure that could be caused by a passing whirlwind.
PIA16476:
Signs of a Whirlwind in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of Daedalia Planum shows the termination or end of a single flow. In this case it is the end of the brighter/rougher flow on the right side of the image.
PIA16473:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image shows a portion of Utopia Planitia that is covered by dust devil tracks as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA16316:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark surface markings in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft are dust devil tracks. These tracks are located in Utopia Planitia on Mars.
PIA15940:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil tracks in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in Utopia Planitia on Mars.
PIA15921:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-07-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark surface markings of Utopia Planitia are thought to be caused by dust devils as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA15749:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dark markings mar the surface of Mars' northern plains. While many may be the tracks of dust devils, some marks may be narrow fractures.
PIA15700:
Northern Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-04-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A Martian dust devil was captured winding its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14, 2012 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA15545:
Mars' Whirling Dust Devil Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The scene is a late-spring afternoon in the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.
PIA15116:
The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Dust devil tracks criss-cross the surface in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14563:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil tracks seen in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in Argyre Planitia.
PIA14483:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Russell Crater dune field is covered seasonally by carbon dioxide frost; this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the dune field after the frost has sublimated. There are just a few patches left of the bright seasonal frost.
PIA13539:
Russell Crater Dunes, Defrosted
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a Southern hemisphere crater with gullies, dunes, periglacial modification, bright rock deposits, and dust devil tracks.
PIA13538:
Southern Hemisphere Crater with Dune Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark lines in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey are the tracks of dust devils in this region of Arcadia Plainitia. As the swirling winds move along the surface, they remove the dust cover, revealing the darker rock beneath.
PIA13361:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This is the first dust devil that NASA's rover Opportunity has observed in the rover's six and a half years on Mars. This image has been carefully calibrated and the contrast stretched to make the dust devil easier to see against the Martian sky.
PIA13305:
First Dust Devil Seen by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image of Utopia Planitia, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey, is covered with the tracks of dust devils.
PIA13263:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows a degraded impact crater in the southern highlands. Part of the crater rim is visible at the top and bottom of the image, with the boulder-covered crater floor in the center.
PIA13264:
Bouldery Deposit on Crater Floor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the west-facing side of an impact crater in the mid-latitudes of Mars' northern hemisphere. This crater has gullies along its walls that are composed of alcoves, channels and debris aprons.
PIA13186:
Northern Hemisphere Gullies on West-Facing Crater Slope, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey of central Utopia Planitia shows some dust devil tracks. These features are common in this region of Mars.
PIA13136:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was targeted to study knobs in Mars' northern plains, north of Scandia Crater. The knobs are clearly imaged, but what surprised scientists was a dust devil visible in the south-central part of the image.
PIA12876:
Record-Breaking Dust Devil Caught in the Act
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This 2001 Mars Odyssey image shows a region of Aonia Terra criss-crossed with a multitude of dust devil tracks on Mars. The tracks show up well on the dusty plains.
PIA11952:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This telescopic view from orbit around Mars catches a Martian dust devil in action in the planet's southern hemisphere. The swirling vortex of dust can be seen near the center of the image.
PIA12168:
Martian Dust Devil with Track and Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dunes and dust devil tracks in this image are located on the plains of Planum Chronium on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA11917:
Planum Chronium
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil tracks in this image are located in Terra Sirenum on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA11914:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil tracks in this image are located in Terra Cimmeria on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA11913:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil tracks in this image NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA11912:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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The navigation camera on NASA's Spirit caught this stereo view of a dust devil during the on May 21, 2009. The view is to the west from Spirit's position at the 'Troy' location where Spirit had become embedded a few weeks earlier. 3D glasses are needed.
PIA12122:
Dust Devil West of Spirit, Sol 1913 (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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While the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was taking exposures with different color filters on May 27, 2009), dust devils moved across the field of view.
PIA12121:
Colorful Effect from Sequential Shots of Moving Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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Researchers used the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to look for dust devils near the rover during the mission's 1,919th Martian day, or sol (May 27, 2009).
PIA12120:
Huge Dust Devil Northwest of Spirit, Sol 1919
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The plains of Planum Chronium on Mars are shown in this image from 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are covered by hundreds of dust devil tracks.
PIA11903:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Faint dust devil tracks can be seen in this image from 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. These tracks are located on the eastern margin of Argyre Planitia on Mars.
PIA11899:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows dust devil tracks in Aonia Terra.
PIA11873:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows dust devil tracks located on Syria Planum, just south of Noctis Labyrinthus.
PIA11870:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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Dust Devil in Spirit's View Ahead on Sol 1854
PIA11961:
Dust Devil in Spirit's View Ahead on Sol 1854
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