Curiosity’s View of the June 2018 Dust Storm

• Click the image above for a larger view
• Full-Res JPEG (4054 x 1808) (235.0 kB)
• Full-Res TIFF (4054 x 1808) (6.6 MB)

Caption:

Figure 1 Figure 2

Click on an individual image for the larger version

These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm. The left-hand image shows a view of the east-northeast rim of Gale Crater on June 7, 2018 (Sol 2074); the right-hand image shows a view of the same feature on June 10, 2018 (Sol 2077). The images were taken by the rover's Mastcam.

Background Info:

Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates the Mastcam. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.

Cataloging Keywords: