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Whirlwind Drama During Spirit’s 496th Sol
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Caption:
This movie clip shows a dust devil growing in size and blowing across the plain inside Mars' Gusev Crater. The clip consists of frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the morning of the rover's 496th martian day, or sol (May 26, 2005). Contrast has been enhanced for anything in the images that changes from frame to frame, that is, for the dust moved by wind.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Exploration Rover (MER) | |
| Instrument Host | Spirit (MER-A) | |
| Host Type | Rover | |
| Instrument | Navigation Camera (Navcam) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Dust, Grayscale, Movie | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2005-07-08 | |
| Date in Caption | 2005-05-26 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/Texas A&M | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07139 | |
| Identifier | PIA07139 | |
