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Clouds on Mars

author: Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

reference: a-mar06-00031

Image Size 300 DPI: 16 * 25 cm

A dust storm rages in Syria Planum, south of the Labyrinthus Noctis troughs (at lower center) in this Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image taken during the southern winter. In this view, water ice clouds are present over each of the five largest Tharsis volcanoes, Olympus Mons (right center), Alba Patera (upper center), Ascraeus Mons (near center), Pavonis Mons (toward lower left), and Arsia Mons (lower left). The summertime north polar residual water ice cap can be seen at the top of this picture.

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - ALBA PATERA - ARSIA MONS - ASCRAEUS MONS - ASTRONOMY - CANYON - CLOUD - LIMB - MARS - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR - NORTH POLE - OLYMPUS MONS - PAVONIS MONS - PLANET - POLE - THARSIS - VALLES MARINERIS - VOLCANO -