MSL - Astronomical Observations, Phobos/Deimos, planetary/celestial observations and more |
MSL - Astronomical Observations, Phobos/Deimos, planetary/celestial observations and more |
Jun 29 2013, 05:25 PM
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Aug 20 2013, 03:24 PM
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We caught what appears to be a serious wind gust on sol 368. Notice how the near foreground darkens in the first frame, then the distant slope darkens, before everything brightens up again. That suggests a huge dusty gust blowing roughly north to south. It has to be huge to darken such a large region. This is half-resolution, to fit all frames into 1MB:
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Aug 21 2013, 12:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2430 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
We caught what appears to be a serious wind gust on sol 368..... Could this 'event' have been caused by the transit of Phobos? By reducing the light level (when the darkened HazCam was captured) or by the reduced lighting causing an abrupt fluctuation in the air temperature? Note: the MastCam 100 was taking a sequence of images of such a transit at the same time as the 'event'. Sol 308 Midnight Planets |
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