- Original Caption Released with Image:
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14 January 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera
(MOC) image, acquired during northern summer in November 2004, shows a
group of three large afternoon dust devils occurring within several
kilometers of each other in northwestern Amazonis. The image covers an
area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and was obtained with a spatial resolution of 12
meters (13 yards) per pixel. This scene is located near 36.2°N, 157.6°W.
Sunlight illuminates the dust devils from the left.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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