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Dust Storm |
Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 11-May 05 From: Colorado USA Member No.: 386 |
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Oct 18 2005, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 11-May 05 From: Colorado USA Member No.: 386 |
Wow. Gets dark doesn't it. Are those piles of dust laying on the deck of the Viking Lander?
Scott |
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Oct 19 2005, 05:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM) The piles of dust were made trough soil sampling activities when soil was put inside the collector funnels of the soil analysis and biology instruments. Wind effects were quicky observed as piles of dust moved swiftly across the deck of the Lander which had a grid painted on it to measure such movements... However, at the end of the mission, after having endured 5 big dust storms, the VL1 lander deck and covers were losing their gray blue color and parts of them were already looking red-brown... And, thanks to nuclear power energy, VL1 was still working ! |
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Oct 19 2005, 10:25 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Handy site to keep an eye on this storm feature as it develops (or fades).
Marswatch - Images and their Dust Monitoring page |
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