Four Epochs of the Global Dust Storm with Martian Features Identified

Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars

Two dramatically different faces of our Red Planet neighbor appear in these comparison images showing how a global dust storm engulfed Mars with the onset of Martian spring in the Southern Hemisphere. When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope imaged Mars in June, the seeds of the storm...

Mars Dust Storm Brews in Hellas Basin and Northern Polar Cap

Dust Storm Engulfs Mars

Four Views of Martian Global Dust Storm

Comparison of Martian Atmospheric Activity From 1997 and 2001

Global Map or Mars, Cylindrical Projection

MGS/TES June-August Sequence

Amateur Images from Marswatch

View of Martian Surface Before Dust Storm

View of Martian Surface During Dust Storm

Seasonal Dates of Great Martian Dust Storms (1894-1982)

A Global Dust Storm on Mars

Comparison of Martian Atmospheric Activity From 1997 and 2001

Animation from the Thermal Emission Spectrograph (10 frames per second )

Beginning with clear skies (represented by blue), the storm gathers in size and intensity. This animation represents atmospheric data from the Mars Global Surveyor's Thermal Emission Spectrograph. As the dust clouds grow thicker, they absorb more warmth from the sun and raising...

Animation from the Thermal Emission Spectrograph (6 frames per second )

Beginning with clear skies (represented by blue), the storm gathers in size and intensity. This animation represents atmospheric data from the Mars Global Surveyor's Thermal Emission Spectrograph. As the dust clouds grow thicker, they absorb more warmth from the sun and raising...

Animation from the Thermal Emission Spectrograph (4 frames per second )

Beginning with clear skies (represented by blue), the storm gathers in size and intensity. This animation represents atmospheric data from the Mars Global Surveyor's Thermal Emission Spectrograph. As the dust clouds grow thicker, they absorb more warmth from the sun and raising...

TES Data Projected onto an Animated Mars Globe

Animation of the atmospheric data from the Thermal Emission Spectrograph projected onto a globe of Mars.

Animation of the Storm on Mars

Animation depicts the pace of the spread of the global dust storm on Mars. Beginning in the Hellas Basin in May of this year, the storm gathered in intensity and spread north and east. Then, as other pockets developed, the storm eventually swallowed the planet.