Mars' northern orange sky and horizon, seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The lander's solar panel and Robotic Arm with a sample in the scoop are also visible. The image was taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager looking west during Phoenix's Sol 16 (June 10, 2008), or the 16th Martian day after landing. The image was taken just before the sample was delivered to the Optical Microscope. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University)The brownish gray sky at sunset as it would be seen by an observer on Mars - true color mosaic taken by Mars Pathfinder on sol 24 (June 22, 1996) The sky near the sun is a pale blue color. (NASA/JPL)Martian skies seen above a rolling horizon in this image, part of a larger image called the "McMurdo" panorama, taken in the Martian winter of 2006 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The tracks in the soil are from Spirits wheels as it rolled through the area earlier. (NASA/JPL/Cornell)An exaggerated color image mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity. The clouds can be composed of either carbon dioxide ice or water ice, and can move swiftly across the sky. (NASA/JPL/Cornell)On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. (NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell)Higher in the Martian skies, we see one of its two moons. The HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this dramatic view of the Martian moon, Phobos, on 23 March 2008, from a distance of 6,800 kilometers. The illuminated part of Phobos is about 21 km across. The most prominent feature is the large impact crater Stickney, in the upper left. With a diameter of 9 km, it is the largest feature on Phobos. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)Even higher in the Martian sky, the Earth and Moon hang in space, as seen from Mars. The HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this image at 5:20 a.m. MST on October 3rd, 2007, at a range of 142 million kilometers, while orbiting Mars.Several dust devils cross a plain in this animation of a series of images acquired by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit in May, 2005. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS)A well-defined dust devil crosses in front of the camera in this animation of a series of images acquired by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit in May, 2005. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS)High, wispy clouds cover a large portion of Mars, seen in this, the first true-colour image of Mars generated with the OSIRIS orange (red), green and blue color filters. The image was acquired by an instrument on the ESA's Rosetta probe on Feb. 24, 2007 from a distance of about 240,000 km. Image resolution is about 5 km/pixel. (Credits: ESA © 2007 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA)Early Spring Dust Storms at the North Pole of Mars. Early spring typically brings dust storms to northern polar Mars. As the north polar cap begins to thaw, the temperature difference between the cold frost region and recently thawed surface results in swirling winds. The choppy dust clouds of several dust storms are visible in this mosaic of images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in 2002. The white polar cap is frozen carbon dioxide. (NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems)......
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More links and information:
Live Martian Weather Report Canadian Space Agency (
_www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/exploration/phoenix_weather1.asp)
On Mars No One Can Hear You Scream - studying the physical properties of sound on Mars.(
_www.marsdaily.com/reports/On_Mars_No_One_Can_Hear_You_Scream_999.html)
MER Spirit dust devils - listing of many animations(
_www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mer_dd.html)
Rosetta - ESA probe circling the inner Solar System, on its way to a rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in May 2014.(
_www.esa.int/esaMI/Rosetta/index.html)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA probe(
_//marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/)
Mars Odyssey Orbiter - NASA probe, 2,432 Days in Orbit around Mars as of 6/20/2008(
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/)
Phoenix Lander NASA probe on Mars's surface.(
http://www.nasa.gov/m...ain/index.html)
Mars Exploration Rovers - NASA's Spirit & Opportunity(
http://marsrovers.jpl...ome/index.html)
ESA's Mars Express - ESA orbiter(
http://www.esa.int/SP...ess/index.html)
Mars Science Laboratory NASA's new Mars rover, scheduled to launch in the Fall of 2009.(
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/)
'McMurdo' Panorama - panorama from NASA's Spirit rover(
http://www.nasa.gov/m.../20061025.html)
