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Mars’ Whirling Dust Devil
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A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles (20 kilometers) high was captured winding its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14, 2012 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Despite its height, the plume is little more than three-quarters of a football field wide (70 yards, or 70 meters).
For more about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, see http://www.nasa.gov/mro .
Background Info:
HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona, Tucson. The instrument was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project and the Mars Exploration Rover Project are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the orbiter.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | Mars Exploration Rover (MER) |
| Instrument Host | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | Rover |
| Instrument | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color, Dust, Movie, Plume | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2012-04-04 | |
| Date in Caption | 2012-03-14 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Animation Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15545 | |
| Identifier | PIA15545 | |
