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Astrophotographer Damian Peach created this animation, which shows how the global dust storm currently raging on Mars has obscured the planet's surface features.
Credit: Damian Peach

1 posted on 07/05/2018 11:08:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Martian Global Warming/Climate Change. Raise their taxes.


2 posted on 07/05/2018 11:15:16 PM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not my fault.
Vacuum cleaner filter broke.


3 posted on 07/05/2018 11:18:30 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well! This storm wipes out plans for “Mission To Mars II”, “The Ghosts of Mars II”, “The Martian - Part 2” and a remake of “The Red Planet” (about 1956).


4 posted on 07/05/2018 11:29:42 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

Unfortunately, Mark Watney is dead....


5 posted on 07/06/2018 12:52:27 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: BenLurkin

I have to say that although the image is interesting I didn’t feel the least bit stunned


8 posted on 07/06/2018 5:21:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: BenLurkin

But is the US flag ok up there?

10 posted on 07/06/2018 6:29:06 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: BenLurkin

You can see Olympus Mons and the Tharsis Ridge above the dust.

Hope it clears out quick.


15 posted on 07/06/2018 9:33:37 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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