PIA07139: Whirlwind Drama During Spirit's 496th Sol


Whirlwind Drama During Spirit’s 496th Sol

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