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 Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
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Spaceweather (www.spaceweather.com) is reporting a dust storm on Mars visible in amateur telescopes. Hope we don't get too much dust-fall on the solar panels....
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Oct 31 2005, 03:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
This Rear Hazcam is additional one from sol 627:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...23P1315L0M1.JPG Looks more dusty too in comparison to one sol older pics. It's the same time like this one: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...indpost&p=24937 It's unbelievable how we have to scrape up the pictures in these days 
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Oct 31 2005, 03:29 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Did it ever show if the dust that accumulated on the Viking landers ever blew off?
Was a dust devil ever seen by them, even if its true nature was only realized years later? I can't believe that no dust devils ever passed by them even once during their operating lives. 
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Oct 31 2005, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 31 2005, 03:29 PM) Did it ever show if the dust that accumulated on the Viking landers ever blew off? Was a dust devil ever seen by them, even if its true nature was only realized years later? I can't believe that no dust devils ever passed by them even once during their operating lives.  Dust devils were detected by other instruments. But because the Viking cameras were slow, line scanning systems, they wouldn't have shown up in images except as perhaps a funny looking line or two. This is why Pathfinder and the MERs see them - they have framing cameras. -------------------- |
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Oct 31 2005, 03:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Edam, The Netherlands Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 31 2005, 03:49 PM) This is why Pathfinder and the MERs see them - they have framing cameras. Did Pathfinder actually see one ? Don't remember. |
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sranderson Dust Storm Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
helvick Worth keeping an eye on but hopefully this will be... Oct 18 2005, 06:28 PM
ljk4-1 QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 18 2005, 01:28 PM)Worth ... Oct 18 2005, 07:18 PM vikingmars Hope this one will NOT reach any MER rover !
H... Oct 18 2005, 08:18 PM sranderson Wow. Gets dark doesn't it. Are those piles o... Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM vikingmars QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM)Wow... Oct 19 2005, 05:22 AM helvick Handy site to keep an eye on this storm feature as... Oct 19 2005, 10:25 AM helvick QUOTE (vikingmars @ Oct 18 2005, 09:18 PM) Ho... Oct 18 2005, 09:30 PM pioneer QUOTE (vikingmars @ Oct 18 2005, 08:18 PM) Ho... Oct 19 2005, 02:36 PM fredk Update on dust storm here with short interview wit... Oct 20 2005, 11:45 PM sranderson Looks like the storm is getting bigger and it appa... Oct 22 2005, 02:32 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 22 2005, 09:32 AM)Loo... Oct 24 2005, 07:00 PM SigurRosFan Latest storm picture from Ed Lomeli of Sacramento,... Oct 24 2005, 06:55 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Oct 24 2005, 06:55 PM)La... Oct 24 2005, 08:04 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 24 2005, 09:04 PM)I... Oct 24 2005, 09:34 PM deglr6328 How frequently do global dust storms occur on Mars... Oct 24 2005, 09:31 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 24 2005, 10:31 PM)How ... Oct 24 2005, 09:37 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 25 2005, 07:31 AM)How ... Oct 25 2005, 01:01 AM helvick QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 24 2005, 10:31 PM)How ... Oct 29 2005, 02:49 PM slinted There is fresh activity being seen VERY close to O... Oct 28 2005, 11:09 AM Nirgal QUOTE (slinted @ Oct 28 2005, 01:09 PM)There ... Oct 28 2005, 09:19 PM djellison I wonder what imagery Damien Peach has managed to ... Oct 28 2005, 11:23 AM Sunspot Whoah !!! thats close. Would Opportun... Oct 28 2005, 11:29 AM Marcel QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 28 2005, 11:29 AM)Whoah ... Oct 28 2005, 11:41 AM JRehling QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 28 2005, 04:29 AM)Whoah ... Oct 28 2005, 09:24 PM Bill Harris BTW, by convention, and I presume that they still ... Oct 28 2005, 12:32 PM slinted QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 28 2005, 04:32 AM)BT... Oct 28 2005, 08:16 PM akuo I think this dust storm is already on top of Oppy.... Oct 28 2005, 12:42 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (akuo @ Oct 28 2005, 07:42 AM)I think t... Oct 28 2005, 01:01 PM Rakhir "Opportunity has seen some signs of the dust ... Oct 28 2005, 09:26 PM Tman On the ASO website http://www.arksky.org/asoimglib... Oct 28 2005, 01:49 PM alan QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 28 2005, 01:01 PM)Th... Oct 28 2005, 02:13 PM Rakhir "The storm has seven appendages that stretch ... Oct 28 2005, 07:50 PM paulanderson QUOTE (Rakhir @ Oct 28 2005, 11:50 AM)"T... Oct 28 2005, 08:49 PM mike QUOTE (paulanderson @ Oct 28 2005, 12:49 PM)T... Oct 28 2005, 09:37 PM Tman Mike, you have to start with the link and guidance... Oct 28 2005, 09:55 PM Vladimorka http://www.arksky.org/smf/index.php?topic=833.0 Oct 28 2005, 09:57 PM helvick Just wondering if the "extraordinary" br... Oct 28 2005, 10:56 PM Bill Harris On the FwdHazcam and RearHazcam images from Sol 62... Oct 29 2005, 01:59 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 28 2005, 08:59 PM)On... Oct 29 2005, 03:02 AM Sunspot I wish we could get to see some dust storm images ... Oct 29 2005, 10:45 AM slinted Dr. Sherrod has captured the storm activity again ... Oct 29 2005, 11:36 AM Bill Harris Could the dust storm be a serious matter for our i... Oct 29 2005, 11:46 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 30 2005, 12:46 AM)Co... Oct 30 2005, 12:41 AM helvick QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Oct 30 2005, 01:41 AM)Bill:... Oct 30 2005, 09:39 AM Nirgal QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 30 2005, 11:39 AM)We... Oct 30 2005, 12:37 PM helvick QUOTE (Nirgal @ Oct 30 2005, 01:37 PM)Questio... Oct 30 2005, 02:57 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (Nirgal @ Oct 30 2005, 10:37 PM)ok, I... Oct 30 2005, 11:58 PM Bill Harris That's what I was afraid of...
--Bill Oct 30 2005, 01:27 AM dot.dk Ok, the dust storm has hit Meridiani
Good lu... Oct 30 2005, 07:51 PM djellison Youcha. I think a lot of that is because of the lo... Oct 30 2005, 09:58 PM OWW There IS more dust over meridiani:
Taken from htt... Oct 30 2005, 10:25 PM djellison Obviously MOC WA will be catching this lot, but it... Oct 30 2005, 10:40 PM Bill Harris It may not be curtains. This is a plucky little r... Oct 30 2005, 11:08 PM Sunspot When I go to the JPL RAW site all I see are broken... Oct 30 2005, 11:18 PM Ames QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 31 2005, 12:18 AM)When I... Oct 30 2005, 11:29 PM Sunspot Weird, they dont show up for me in any browser I t... Oct 30 2005, 11:35 PM dot.dk You have to insert "%23%23" in the filen... Oct 30 2005, 11:36 PM Bill Harris Heck, let's sit back and watch the storm.
Pas... Oct 31 2005, 12:58 AM CosmicRocker On earth, dust storms can definitely reduce availa... Oct 31 2005, 05:39 AM Ames new pictures...
http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mar... Oct 31 2005, 10:16 AM dot.dk QUOTE (Ames @ Oct 31 2005, 10:16 AM)new pictu... Oct 31 2005, 10:32 AM helvick QUOTE (Marcel @ Oct 31 2005, 04:56 PM)Did Pat... Oct 31 2005, 04:08 PM tedstryk It spotted a few...I have some images somewhere...... Oct 31 2005, 10:19 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 31 2005, 10:29 AM)Di... Oct 31 2005, 05:07 PM Cugel But the shadow of the rover still looks sharp and ... Oct 31 2005, 03:28 PM Tman QUOTE (Cugel @ Oct 31 2005, 05:28 PM)But the ... Oct 31 2005, 03:42 PM Bill Harris This didn't quite show what I'd hoped it w... Oct 31 2005, 03:30 PM Ames The latest hazcam pictures show the shadow as bein... Oct 31 2005, 03:44 PM tedstryk I imaging the stretching of the "raws" w... Oct 31 2005, 03:46 PM helvick QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 31 2005, 04:46 PM)I ima... Oct 31 2005, 04:32 PM Bill Harris Here is another evaluation of the sky brightness. ... Oct 31 2005, 05:01 PM DEChengst Some info from the CNN website:
"Lemmon said... Oct 31 2005, 05:48 PM djellison CODE4. What EDRs did we request?
Expected EDRs by... Oct 31 2005, 09:24 PM Sunspot QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 31 2005, 09:24 PM)CODE... Oct 31 2005, 11:40 PM RNeuhaus Yes, it will only be looking a narrow angle from w... Oct 31 2005, 09:50 PM djellison QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Oct 31 2005, 09:50 PM)It mi... Oct 31 2005, 10:41 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Nov 1 2005, 07:50 AM)Yes, i... Oct 31 2005, 11:10 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 31 2005, 06:10 PM)Th... Nov 2 2005, 04:17 PM ilbasso The Pathfinder did indeed image several dust devil... Oct 31 2005, 10:53 PM tedstryk I worked with some of those Patfinder images once.... Oct 31 2005, 11:45 PM djellison Ted have you ever found the equiv of Pathfinder R... Nov 1 2005, 08:13 AM Bill Harris From the Mission Status at the NASA/JPL site:
QUO... Nov 1 2005, 11:04 AM general Oppy's dusty weekend
http://marsrovers.jpl.... Nov 2 2005, 08:01 PM Burmese always a new twist for the programmers:
"...... Nov 2 2005, 08:11 PM avkillick Now that's a concept! Miss the alarm - so... Nov 2 2005, 10:12 PM ljk4-1 FOR RELEASE: 9;00 am (EST) November 3, 2005
PHOT... Nov 3 2005, 02:37 PM Tman Has anybody seen a new picture of the dust storm? ... Nov 2 2005, 09:58 PM Tman Woow, that's another highlight from Hubble... Nov 3 2005, 06:20 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (Tman @ Nov 4 2005, 05:20 AM) Woow, tha... Nov 4 2005, 12:20 AM Bill Harris There does not appear to have been a dust depositi... Nov 18 2005, 04:36 AM jaredGalen QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 18 2005, 05:36 AM)Su... Nov 18 2005, 09:27 AM lyford This would be good news - seems the answer is blow... Nov 18 2005, 07:37 AM edstrick I was looking at that marking on the left side of ... Nov 18 2005, 10:25 AM slinted The bright ...splotch is a persistant feature that... Nov 18 2005, 11:19 AM Bill Harris I have no idea what that white "splat" i... Nov 18 2005, 01:29 PM |
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