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Live Dust Devil?

azstrummer View Member Profile	Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM Post #1
Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 2-May 04 From: Litchfield Park, Arizona (Phoenix area) Member No.: 71	Man, this looks an awful lot like a dust devil in the distance. What do you think?

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alan View Member Profile	Mar 12 2005, 06:09 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110	The dust devils have been mentioned on msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3217961/ "The best way to see it is to flip between images for a "now you see it, now you don't" effect. Daniel Crotty has created just such an animated image, http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/collections/S..._420_navcam.gif and after watching the picture flip back and forth for a few seconds, you should be able to see the dust devil in the distance." "But at least so far, these devils are not fearsome: In fact, it appears that winds may be clearing off the dust-laden solar panels on Spirit as well as on Opportunity, on the other side of the planet. That is giving both rovers a welcome energy boost, Oberg reports, based on posts by experts on Mars-interest Internet forums."

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azstrummer Live Dust Devil? Mar 10 2005, 11:17 PM

djellison At LAST - they've actually GOT one Nice find... Mar 10 2005, 11:21 PM

azstrummer Crunch Mar 10 2005, 11:25 PM

slinted Heh, I was just starting a new topic for this one,... Mar 10 2005, 11:43 PM

Sunspot Something in thisone too? Mar 11 2005, 12:04 AM

Sunspot it seems to extend in to the atmosphere: Mar 11 2005, 12:20 AM

mhoward Is this one too? Taken just slightly earlier. htt... Mar 11 2005, 12:21 AM

djellison What we need is one to come OVER HERE.....HELLOOO.... Mar 11 2005, 12:36 AM

Pando QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:36 PM)What... Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM

djellison You're joking. are you? Actually - looking a... Mar 11 2005, 12:56 AM

Pando QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 10 2005, 05:56 PM)You... Mar 11 2005, 12:58 AM

djellison wooOOoooowoooOOoooowaooowooo AT THE CAR WASH......... Mar 11 2005, 01:02 AM

alan In rear view too? http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars... Mar 11 2005, 01:03 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)700+ W/H... Mar 11 2005, 01:10 AM

tedstryk I hereby withdraw my prognosis that Spirit's d... Mar 11 2005, 01:19 AM

slinted Amazing news! Mar 11 2005, 01:19 AM

lyford You know I was going to add that the panels looked... Mar 11 2005, 01:30 AM

mhoward This is the best news in weeks. Go Spirit! Mar 11 2005, 01:59 AM

imran QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)QUOTE (d... Mar 11 2005, 02:01 AM

Pando QUOTE (imran @ Mar 10 2005, 07:01 PM)QUOTE (P... Mar 11 2005, 02:04 AM

erwan Probably solar array good news, dust devil and Per... Mar 11 2005, 02:53 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (Pando @ Mar 11 2005, 12:52 AM)QUOTE (d... Mar 11 2005, 03:03 AM

lyford QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 10 2005, 07:03 PM)I cal... Mar 11 2005, 03:43 AM

lyford Well, it does appear to have had an affect - Com... Mar 11 2005, 04:13 AM

erwan Seems to be rather demonstrative, Lyford! You ... Mar 11 2005, 04:48 AM

lyford QUOTE (erwan @ Mar 10 2005, 08:48 PM)Seems to... Mar 11 2005, 05:23 AM

Nix Yeah! That rear view one is a beauty too, and ... Mar 11 2005, 05:45 AM

Pando That must have been quite a devil there, or was it... Mar 11 2005, 05:53 AM

Nix That one in the rear hazard camera looks like it... Mar 11 2005, 06:16 AM

Nix Forget about the dust, it's an artifact of the... Mar 11 2005, 06:25 AM

dot.dk Wow this is the greatest ever news for a very long... Mar 11 2005, 06:32 AM

akuo Excellent news! This really makes my day :-) ... Mar 11 2005, 09:08 AM

Bill Harris Great news! OTOH, I wonder what the long-term... Mar 11 2005, 09:45 AM

djellison The atmospheric opacity goes up and down like an e... Mar 11 2005, 10:12 AM

dot.dk This must be really bad news for all the tired sci... Mar 11 2005, 10:25 AM

Analyst Well, NASA can shut the rovers down when they are ... Mar 11 2005, 10:42 AM

djellison I think actually - that's highly unlikely. The... Mar 11 2005, 11:00 AM

Sunspot I find it hard to believe they would shutdown the ... Mar 11 2005, 11:18 AM

OWW At least the MERs are out of range to suffer the s... Mar 11 2005, 11:20 AM

Analyst Doug, I really hope it will turn out your way. But... Mar 11 2005, 11:32 AM

dot.dk Wonderful animation to make Mar 11 2005, 11:48 AM

OWW How much of that is real versus different lighting... Mar 11 2005, 12:04 PM

tedstryk The Viking 1 lander died in a very sad way. A you... Mar 11 2005, 12:20 PM

dot.dk Don't know how to find out the time a picture ... Mar 11 2005, 12:21 PM

tedstryk I question whether the whole Voyager threat is sim... Mar 11 2005, 12:23 PM

arccos 700W = great news indeed!!! Boys, whe... Mar 11 2005, 12:39 PM

TheChemist This is from a dust-devil simulation on earth, cro... Mar 11 2005, 12:49 PM

Pertinax Ahhhh... beat to the punch on the cleaning of Spir... Mar 11 2005, 12:54 PM

erwan RE: Live Dust Devil? Mar 11 2005, 01:06 PM

Nix RE: Live Dust Devil? Mar 11 2005, 01:11 PM

dot.dk That's hilarious Mar 11 2005, 01:14 PM

Pando Somebody managed to snap the picture of two of tho... Mar 11 2005, 04:58 PM

erwan Well, it seems that Martian's humor and atmosp... Mar 11 2005, 05:16 PM

jaredGalen QUOTE (arccos @ Mar 11 2005, 12:39 PM)"7... Mar 11 2005, 05:47 PM

dot.dk QUOTE (jaredGalen @ Mar 11 2005, 05:47 PM)QUO... Mar 11 2005, 05:57 PM

jaredGalen QUOTE (dot.dk @ Mar 11 2005, 05:57 PM)Pando k... Mar 11 2005, 06:06 PM

Jeff7 I thought the panels looked darker. I also looked ... Mar 11 2005, 07:03 PM

mhoward Check it out. L256 available. http://nasa.explora... Mar 11 2005, 10:22 PM

mhoward Oh heck, I'll just post it. It's too good. Mar 11 2005, 10:31 PM

akuo That's beautiful. Mar 11 2005, 10:39 PM

lyford They missed a spot. Mar 11 2005, 10:56 PM

MizarKey I think this is the path the dust devil took... Mar 11 2005, 11:03 PM

OWW Sol 377: Sol 422: Notice the magnet to the rig... Mar 11 2005, 11:07 PM

alan Some images of the ground Before (sol 398) http:/... Mar 11 2005, 11:08 PM

alan The dust devil cleaned many of the rocks too. Sho... Mar 12 2005, 12:00 AM

jaredGalen Well, given the occasion I felt that it was worth ... Mar 12 2005, 12:02 AM

djellison Interesting thing if you look at this http://them... Mar 12 2005, 12:38 AM

MahFL I noticed a long time ago too that a lot of streak... Mar 12 2005, 01:20 AM

erwan I guess you are right, Doug, explaining Dust Devil... Mar 12 2005, 01:26 AM

erwan A few more explanation words: The (cream color) el... Mar 12 2005, 01:53 AM

edstrick tedstryk commented: "The Viking 1 lander di... Mar 12 2005, 02:51 AM

edstrick I took the pre and post cleaning images posted ear... Mar 12 2005, 04:04 AM

edstrick Uh... It would help if I added the pic before hitt... Mar 12 2005, 04:05 AM

RGClark QUOTE (Sunspot @ Mar 11 2005, 12:20 AM)it see... Mar 12 2005, 06:56 AM

djellison Half the size of lahontan crater? Call it 30ft acr... Mar 12 2005, 10:14 AM

remcook I must say I'm amazed! this is cool on so ... Mar 12 2005, 11:42 AM

tedstryk Anyhow, it was an errant command that ended Viking... Mar 12 2005, 12:51 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (RGClark @ Mar 12 2005, 06:56 AM)QUOTE ... Mar 12 2005, 02:13 PM

dilo Hi Sunspot, also I tried to see atmospheric signat... Mar 12 2005, 03:28 PM

erwan Sunspot, Dilo: thanks for your images. It's pr... Mar 12 2005, 04:13 PM

fredk Pando (or anyone), any idea how quickly the power... Mar 12 2005, 05:41 PM

alan The dust devils have been mentioned on msnbc.com ... Mar 12 2005, 06:09 PM

lyford QUOTE (alan @ Mar 12 2005, 10:09 AM)"Tha... Mar 12 2005, 06:30 PM

dvandorn QUOTE (alan @ Mar 12 2005, 06:09 PM)The dust ... Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM

dvandorn As an addendum, I did find it sort of amusing that... Mar 12 2005, 06:42 PM

lyford QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 10:36 AM)I rat... Mar 12 2005, 06:49 PM

erwan Frankly posts, Dvandorn. I hope, as you, that Mer.... Mar 12 2005, 06:53 PM

imran Spirit Gets A Dust Devil Once-Over QUOTE Engineer... Mar 12 2005, 07:38 PM

djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM)I rat... Mar 12 2005, 07:52 PM

Sunspot I always assumed the bright round features seen to... Mar 12 2005, 07:59 PM

GregM . Mar 12 2005, 10:39 PM

deglr6328 Hello everybody. This is my first post here since ... Mar 12 2005, 11:12 PM

mike That 'Marsquatch' thing does look interest... Mar 12 2005, 11:30 PM

alan Back on thread. Here is a before an after shot of... Mar 13 2005, 01:59 AM

erwan Below is linked a page from J.T ALU website, with ... Mar 13 2005, 02:02 AM

SFJCody Slashdot picks up the story: http://science.slash... Mar 13 2005, 02:11 AM

slinted Thanks for the sundial images Alan. I think its v... Mar 13 2005, 03:08 AM

Pando Alan, the Sol 417 image of the sundial above is qu... Mar 13 2005, 04:28 AM

Pando QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 12 2005, 06:36 PM)I did... Mar 13 2005, 04:46 AM

alan Pando, I noticed that the sundial looks even redde... Mar 13 2005, 04:56 AM

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