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Before the mbadive dust storm, Mars engulfed the whole planet just weeks away, as announced Inquisitr the Mars Express satellite managed to take an amazing picture of its early clouds Of dust creeping towards the ice cap of Mars.
Captured in April, the spectacular The Image was unveiled by the European Space Agency (ESA) on July 19 and reveals "thick dust clouds" that fly over the surface of the red planet near the Nordic Ice Cap
"The high-resolution stereo camera aboard the ESA Express captured this impressive rising front of dust clouds – visible in the right half of the frame – near the polar ice cap North of Mars in April this year, "officials said the space agency in the press release
. torm was only one of a series of similar events that have invaded the red planet in recent months, while Mars is in the midst of dust storms.
So that space enthusiasts can see what these dust clouds ESA has also released a 3D version of the Mars Express photo, which the space agency recommends to watch using red-green or red-blue glbades.
The latest images of the high-resolution stereo The camera on board the Mars Express is available on the Flickr account of ESA, so you should take a look at it and take the latest images from the orbit of Mars.
Dense clouds of dust near the Martian ice cap https: // t.co/dIaMIkEkeX pic.twitter.com/9AJdgzsUyd
– SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) July 21, 2018
Launched on June 2, 2003, the Mars Express orbiter is the first European spacecraft to make an interplanetary voyage, the Inquisitr Scope in May, the ESA aired a video showing the flight of the probe over Neukum Crater on Mars.
The name of the mission was inspired by the fact that it "was built faster than any other comparable planetary mission". The Mar Express spacecraft began its scientific operations in the orbit of Mars in 2004 and was originally accompanied by the Beagle 2 lander, who managed to land near the airport. Martian equator December 25, 2003.
after descending on Mars and remained lost for 12 years, until it is spotted in some broken images by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of the NASA, Space.com reported some time ago
#OTD January 16, 2015, Beagle-2 lander found on Mars. He was seen in the images taken by MRO #NASA . The LG was partially deployed, which means that the sequence of entry, descent and landing worked – it actually landed successfully on Mars on Christmas Day 2003. https: / /t.co/SMc9jZjX30 pic.twitter.com/vcrGzltP09
– Space History of the ESA (@ESA_History) January 16, 2018
Meanwhile, the storm Sand on Mars is constantly monitored by five orbiters from ESA and NASA – including the MRO, which recently captured Photo of the storm hovering around the planet, the Inquisitr reported yesterday .
The Mars Curiosity Rover also monitors the dust storm and happily pursues its scientific operations – well, maybe not so happily, considering his last grief, as reported by Inquisitr this week.
While Curiosity braves the storm with its nuclear battery, his solar-powered brother – the Opportunity Rover – sleeps. The mbadive dust clouds that cover the Martian sky starve the robot of its precious sunlight, rendering it unusable, Inquisitr reported in early July.
Stunning video side by side of Mars reveals how the planet's dust storm has transformed the surface of the red planet https://t.co/NX8o1PWlLC pic.twitter.com/1oFPhNWRMT
– Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 20, 2018
"The Martian dust storms are very impressive, visually, as in this picture, and in terms of intensity and duration", details the ESA in the description of the photo
Mars is getting closer to the sun on its elliptical orbit, these powerful storms are accompanying an increased solar brightness, which increases the temperature contrast in the ## EQU1 ## 39 atmosphere of the planet and affects the movement of air. As a result, dust particles are more easily raised from the Martian surface, says the space agency.
However, it seems that the Martian dust storms do not hold a hurricane candle here on Earth and actually have less than half The wind speed of our hurricanes has returned home.
This is because the red planet has a much lower atmospheric pressure, ESA pointed out, which means that even high-speed winds would not threaten anyone. "You would probably feel a breeze, but that would not overturn you," said Michael Smith, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Space.com .
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