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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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Before and After a Cleaning Event on Spirit
PIA07492:
Before and After a Cleaning Event on Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Dust Devils Seen by Spirit
PIA07458:
Dust Devils Seen by Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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Spirit Captures Two Dust Devils On the Move
PIA07457:
Spirit Captures Two Dust Devils On the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows ight-toned dust devil streaks on the southern floor of Schiaparelli Crater on Mars.
PIA07426:
Bright Devil Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a typical view of the vast martian northern plains. The dark, filamentary streaks were most likely formed by passing dust devils.
PIA07424:
Northern Plains Surfaces
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil in far western Syria Planum on Mars.
PIA07339:
Syrian Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a plethora of large dust devils in Amazonis Planitia on Mars. Shadows are cast by the towering columns of swirling dust.
PIA07308:
Big Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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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.
PIA07276:
Dust Devils Together
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-03 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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Wheel Tracks from Landing Site to Hills
PIA07192:
Wheel Tracks from Landing Site to Hills
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater on Mars. Dark streaks crisscrossing the scene were formed by passing dust devils.
PIA07183:
Northern Plains Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an outcrop of light-toned layered rock and a plethora of dark streaks on the floor of a crater in southern Noachis Terra on Mars. The streaks were created by dozens of dust devils.
PIA07121:
Layers and Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a typical view of the martian northern plains. Dust devils crisscross the northern plains, leaving a variety of dark streaks. Bright circular features are locations of buried meteor impact craters.
PIA07064:
Northern Plains of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the vast martian northern plains in the Diacria region on Mars. The seasonal winter frost has sublimed away and dust devils leave dark streaks on the surface.
PIA07031:
Diacria Scene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-14 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows wild patterns of dark streaks thought to have formed by the passage of many dust devils. The dust devils disrupt the dust coating the martian surface, leaving behind a streak.
PIA06940:
Light Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil in a cratered plain in southern Acidalia Planitia on Mars.
PIA06859:
September Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows streaks and small pedestal craters found among in the Memnonia region of Mars.
PIA06846:
Wind Streak Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a field of dunes and a relatively flat sand sheet in a crater on Mars. Most southern high latitude dune fields occur on the floors of impact craters, and many of them are eroded into rounded or flattened forms.
PIA06840:
Sand Sheet and Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a suite of dark sand dunes that formed in winds blowing from right to left, along with smaller, lighter-toned ripples and many dark dust devil tracks.
PIA06807:
Dunes and Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows groupings of large ripple-like windblown bedforms on the floor of a large crater in Sinus Sabaeus, south of Schiaparelli Basin on Mars.
PIA06805:
Ancient Bedforms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows hundreds of dust devils may streak across the landscape, creating criss-cross patterns on the surface of Mars.
PIA06797:
Martian Scribbles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a scene in southern Galle Crater on Mars, otherwise known as Happy Face Crater. A series of dark sand dunes have been crisscrossed by dust devils.
PIA06723:
Galle Scene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on July 9, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows dust carried aloft by the wind has settled out on every available surface creating sand dunes.southern hemisphere of Mars.
PIA06456:
Southern Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on July 8, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows dust carried aloft by the wind has settled out on every available surface creating sand dunes on Mars.
PIA06455:
Plentiful Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on July 7, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows dust devils have left tracks on the floor of Kaiser Crater on Mars.
PIA06454:
Kaiser Crater Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on July 6, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey was taken during early spring near Mars' north pole. Dust devils, small cyclonic wind storms, are common on Mars.
PIA06453:
Dust Devil Days
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows of dunes in the martian north polar region is important because it shows one of the highest northern latitude views of streaks thought to be made by passing dust devils.
PIA06334:
Polar Dust Devil Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil in western Tithonium Chasma on Mars. The dark splotch to the right of the dust devil is its shadow.
PIA06327:
Tithonium Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-09 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark streak patterns on the surface of Mars caused by dust devils.
PIA06299:
Bright Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-25 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an afternoon dust storm, dust devil, or other dust-raising event. The dark area below the dust plume is its shadow.
PIA05995:
Dust Event
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-12 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05919:
Ares Vallis Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark-toned barchan sand dunes in Arkhangelsky Crater on Mars. Hundreds of narrow, dark streaks crisscross the dunes and the interdune terrain most likely formed by passing dust devils.
PIA05845:
Arkhangelsky Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05709:
South Polar Mesas and Hills
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05701:
South Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05700:
Russell Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-16 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05692:
Kaiser Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05536:
Isidis Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05341:
Wind vs. Dust Devil Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dark sand dune patch that occurs on the floor of a southern hemisphere crater on Mars. Passing dust devils have disrupted the fine, bright dust that coats the surrounding terrain, leaving wildly-varied streak patterns.
PIA05259:
Dune and Dust Devil Tracks
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.019 MB)     JPEG (133.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05255:
Layered Remnant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the rover Opportunity's landing site in Meridiani Planum on Mars. Dark-toned materials of Meridiani Planum cover a lighter-toned substrate that may consist of layered rock.
PIA05251:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER-B) Opportunity Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Jan 16, 2004 shows the central part of Gusev Crater, including the landing site of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in the white streak caused by dust devils.
PIA05354:
Central Gusev in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-10 Mars Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
 Imager for Mars Pathfinder
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This set of images from NASA's 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission highlight the dust devils that gust across the surface of Mars. The right image shows the dusty martian sky as our eye would see it.
PIA05039:
Pathfinder Spies Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05126:
Dust Devils Near Schiaparelli
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05123:
Galle Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Jan 5, 2004 shows Gusev Crater, the site of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing.
PIA05336:
Spirit has Landed!
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.751 MB)     JPEG (642.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the area where the Mars rover Spirit is believed to have touched down.
PIA05122:
A Dynamic Spirit Site
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.298 MB)     JPEG (270.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04973:
Daedalia Dust Devil
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.005 MB)     JPEG (173.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-03 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05120:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A) Spirit Landing Site
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.462 MB)     JPEG (708.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Dec 26, 2003 shows the striking contrast between large, dark dunes and the surrounding surface at the southernmost edge of the Russel Crater dune field, located in heavily cratered terrain.
PIA04970:
Dark Gray Dunes, Bright Orange Dust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Gusev Crater on Mars, in which the Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, landed on 4 January 2004.
PIA05119:
Gusev Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Dec 12, 2003 shows enigmatic gullies, dark barchan sand dunes and numerous dust devil tracks. This image is in the Noachis region of the heavily cratered southern hemisphere.
PIA04932:
Solar Storms, Devils, Dunes, and Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04914:
Small Dust Storm in Syria/Claritas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04903:
Devil-Streaked Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (277.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04891:
Elysium Mons Wind Streak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Nov 25, 2003 shows abundant dust devil tracks on Mars. Dark streaks across much of the surface are formed when dust devils sweep up the dust and reveal the darker underlying terrain.
PIA04889:
Dust Devils
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.836 MB)     JPEG (769.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04876:
Galle Crater Scene
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.575 MB)     JPEG (224 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04875:
Sabaeus Dust Devil
Full Resolution:     TIFF (393.8 kB)     JPEG (49.96 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-14 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04870:
Circles and Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04864:
Dust Devil Art
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A multitude of dust devil streaks are shown in this image taken in November 2003 by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA04858:
Devil's Den in Terra Sirenum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Deep in the southern highlands, the work of innumerable dust devils produces a cobweb-like pattern of tracks across the Martian surface. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft in September 2003.
PIA04770:
Martian Tracery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a volcano and surrounding terrain on Mars that have been thickly mantled by dust which had subsequently been eroded so that it appears textured rather than smooth.
PIA04768:
Small Syrian Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dark sand dune on the floor of a crater on Mars. Recent dust devils have disrupted a thin coating of dust on the otherwise dark dune.
PIA04727:
Dune and Dust Devil Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-08-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil in the Phlegra region of Mars. Dust devils are spinning, columnar vortices of air that move across a landscape, picking up dust as they go.
PIA04698:
Summertime Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-06-12 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a spiraling feature known as a cycloidal marking on Mars.
PIA04564:
Cycloidal Dust Devil Track
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-06-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dust-raising events -- small dust storms and a few very large dust devils in the Syria/Claritas region of Mars.
PIA04552:
Syria/Claritas Dust Storm
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.303 MB)     JPEG (41.12 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-05-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a plethora of dark streaks thought to have been created by the passage of dust devils on the the floor of Argyre Basin, Mars.
PIA04524:
Argyre Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-05-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the first day of spring in the martian southern hemisphere as seen by the spacecraft in 2003.
PIA04507:
Dunes and Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-05-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a plethora of dark streaks created by passing dust devils during early summer in the martian southern hemisphere.
PIA04502:
Martian Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-02-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dust devil streaks observed in this NASA Mars Odyssey image of the Martian northern plains trend over hills, mounds and valleys, giving hints to the dynamic nature in which these streaks are formed.
PIA04401:
Dust Devil Streaks
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.414 MB)     JPEG (805.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region called Terra Sirenum in Mars' southern hemisphere named for the Sea of the Sirens from Greek Mythology. This is not a sea, however, but a relatively dusty, high albedo region of Mars.
PIA04047:
Terra Sirenum
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.613 MB)     JPEG (817.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil that seen climbing the wall of a crater at 4.1°S, 9.5°W on May 21, 2002. This crater is in western Terra Meridiani on Mars.
PIA03917:
A Dust Devil Making a Streak and Climbing a Crater Wall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey captures Mangala Fossa. Mangala Fossa is a graben, which in geologic terminology translates into a long parallel to semi-parallel fracture or trough.
PIA03815:
Mangala Fossa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft displays dust devil tracks on the surface of Mars. Most of the lighter portions of the image likely have a thin veneer of dust settled on the surface.
PIA03791:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The Cerberus feature, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey, is a dark region at the southeastern edge of the huge Elysium Mons volcanic complex that was visible to early astronomers because it was a distinctive dark spot on a large bright region of Mars.
PIA03776:
Cerberus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Splotchy water ice clouds obscure the surface in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, however, most of Mars was in a relatively clear period when this image was acquired.
PIA03775:
A Cloudy Day on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-04-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies emergent from a specific layer in the wall of an ancient crater within a much larger crater, Kaiser, on Mars.
PIA03753:
Gullies and Streaks on Crater wall Kaiser
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-05-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dust devils, spinning, columnar vortices of wind that move across the landscape, pick up dust, and look somewhat like miniature tornadoes in Amazonis Planitia on Mars.
PIA03223:
A Mid-Summer's Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows very large windblown sand dunes of Mars, composed of dark, rather than light grains.
PIA02047:
Big, Dark Dunes Northeast of Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows many tens of layers of several meters thickness in the walls of a mesa in Melas Chasma in Valles Marineris on Mars. Erosion by mass wasting, landslides, has exposed these layers creating the dark fan-shaped deposits.
PIA02398:
Layers and a Dust Devil in Melas Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark streaks on the steep, down-wind slopes of sand dunes in Rabe Crater on Mars.
PIA02354:
Recent Sand Avalanching on Rabe Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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The anaglyph is helpful to see that the dark streaks really do occur on a slope in this image taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor 1999. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA02379:
Recent Movements: New Landslides in Less than 1 Martian Year
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil making a streak in Mars' Promethei Terra. Dust devils are spinning, columnar vortices of wind that move across the landscape, pick up dust, and look somewhat like miniature tornadoes.
PIA02378:
Dust Devils Seen Streaking Across Mars: PART II--They're the Work of the Devil!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil making a streak in Mars' Promethei Terra. Dust devils are spinning, columnar vortices of wind that move across the landscape, pick up dust, and look somewhat like miniature tornadoes.
PIA02377:
Dust Devils Seen Streaking Across Mars: PART 1--What Are These?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars with wild patterns of criss-crossing dark streaks. Many of these streaks are straight and narrow, others exhibit curly arcs, twists, and loops.
PIA02376:
Dust Devils Seen Streaking Across Mars: PART 1--What Are These?
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows several dust devils in in northern Amazonis Planitia on Mars.
PIA02087:
Large Martian Dust Devils Caught in the Act
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This image taken on April 26, 1998 by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows small craters formed by meteor impact, several buttes and mesas, small dunes and drifts, and a mantle of dust on Mars.
PIA01463:
SUV Tracks On Mars? The "Devil" is in the Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-08-15 Mars Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
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This figure shows the signature of a dust devil that passed over NASA's Pathfinder Lander on Sol 25. Since then we have seen several similar features. Sol 1 began on July 4, 1997.
PIA00900:
Dust Devil - Sol 25
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-08-15 Mars Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
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This graphic illustrates the wind pattern in a dust devil, and presents the characteristic pressure and wind speed signatures expected if a dust devil were to pass directly over the NASA's Pathfinder lander.
PIA00799:
Dust Devil Schematic
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