Posted on Friday, March 09, 2012
A towering dust devil, casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona (Full Image)
HiRISE captured the image on Feb. 16, 2012, while the orbiter passed over the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars. The dust plume is about 30 meters in diameter and 800 meters high.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona (Full Image)
HiRISE captured the image on Feb. 16, 2012, while the orbiter passed over the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars. The dust plume is about 30 meters in diameter and 800 meters high.