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murder
Member Fri Jun 22 16:25:14
Epic dust storm on Mars now completely covers the Red Planet

By Tariq Malik
June 21, 2018, 5:19:25 PM EDT

On Mars, the sky is dust.

A massive dust storm on Mars that covered one-fourth of the planet just a week ago has grown into a global weather event, NASA officials said Wednesday (June 20).

The dust storm has knocked NASA's Opportunity rover offline for want of sunlight. The agency's nuclear-powered Curiosity, meanwhile, is snapping photos of the ever-darkening Martian sky. The two rovers are on opposite sides of Mars.

"The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a 'planet-encircling' (or 'global') dust event," NASA officials said in a statement.

The last dust storm on Mars to go global occurred in 2007, five years before the Curiosity rover landed at its Gale Crater site, according to officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The Opportunity rover has been exploring the plains of Meridiani Planum on the opposite side of Mars since 2004. During that 2007 Martian dust storm, NASA also lost contact with Opportunity for days due to low power levels from the lack of sunlight.

NASA lost contact with Opportunity last week when it missed a check-in call on June 12. NASA engineers think the rover is in a low-power mode, waking up only periodically to check if its batteries have recharged enough to phone home. All science operations by the rover are suspended while it waits out the storm.

http://www...covers-the-red-planet/70005289

murder
Member Fri Jun 22 16:26:12
And you thought the Dust Bowl days were bad. :o)

Cthulhu
Tentacle Rapist Fri Jun 22 16:28:48
Why don't the douse the surface in Brando? It makes plants grow!

murder
Member Fri Jun 22 16:44:28
I'm not sure there's much left of Brando. He's been dead for 14 years.

Cthulhu
Tentacle Rapist Fri Jun 22 16:50:06
http://youtu.be/3boy_tLWeqA

Wrong Brando. That one doesnt have electrolytes anymore!

murder
Member Fri Jun 22 16:54:47
Brawndo ;o)

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murder Member	Fri Jun 22 16:25:14 Epic dust storm on Mars now completely covers the Red Planet By Tariq Malik June 21, 2018, 5:19:25 PM EDT On Mars, the sky is dust. A massive dust storm on Mars that covered one-fourth of the planet just a week ago has grown into a global weather event, NASA officials said Wednesday (June 20). The dust storm has knocked NASA's Opportunity rover offline for want of sunlight. The agency's nuclear-powered Curiosity, meanwhile, is snapping photos of the ever-darkening Martian sky. The two rovers are on opposite sides of Mars. "The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a 'planet-encircling' (or 'global') dust event," NASA officials said in a statement. The last dust storm on Mars to go global occurred in 2007, five years before the Curiosity rover landed at its Gale Crater site, according to officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The Opportunity rover has been exploring the plains of Meridiani Planum on the opposite side of Mars since 2004. During that 2007 Martian dust storm, NASA also lost contact with Opportunity for days due to low power levels from the lack of sunlight. NASA lost contact with Opportunity last week when it missed a check-in call on June 12. NASA engineers think the rover is in a low-power mode, waking up only periodically to check if its batteries have recharged enough to phone home. All science operations by the rover are suspended while it waits out the storm. http://www...covers-the-red-planet/70005289
murder Member	Fri Jun 22 16:26:12 And you thought the Dust Bowl days were bad. :o)
Cthulhu Tentacle Rapist	Fri Jun 22 16:28:48 Why don't the douse the surface in Brando? It makes plants grow!
murder Member	Fri Jun 22 16:44:28 I'm not sure there's much left of Brando. He's been dead for 14 years.
Cthulhu Tentacle Rapist	Fri Jun 22 16:50:06 http://youtu.be/3boy_tLWeqA Wrong Brando. That one doesnt have electrolytes anymore!
murder Member	Fri Jun 22 16:54:47 Brawndo ;o)
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