Dust Devil Lines in Dust Devil Lines in the Sand (NASA, Mars, 2009)Sand (NASA, Mars, 2009)
Editor's note: NASA's Curiosity Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on the evening of Aug. 5/6, 2012. (Read more here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html). In honor of this historic event, here are some breathtaking stills of the Red Planet.
Image caption: Dust devil lines in the sands of Mars, seen by the MRO Mars High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment at Active Dune Gully.
Image credit: NASA
More about Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
View the "Mars Landscapes" photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157630860188338/
View the "Mars Landscapes" video:
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=...
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jaffles (10 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture!
Tropenvogl (10 months ago | reply)
Wow, really beautiful!
muriel220 (10 months ago | reply)
Great capture!
lisePedrogao (10 months ago | reply)
WONDERFUL!
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dodagp (9 months ago | reply)
So effectual and impressive !!!
pauline.kehoe (9 months ago | reply)
All these photo's are breathtaking, so looking forward to the next ones.