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Movie of Mars Dust Storm

Posted by michael on from the martians-acting-up-again dept.

Bamfarooni writes: "The hubble isn't the only spacecraft looking at Mars. The Mars Global Surveyor has been mapping the surface and atmosphere of Mars for the past 3 years, and has a cool movie of one of the largest Martian dust storms in recorded history."

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  1. Speculation by Sygiinu · · Score: 2
    Wouldn't dust storms of this magnitude seriously hamper future Mars colonies? If such a storm were to set-in whilst our people were away from shelter then they would have to dig-in, but I doubt that they could survive for long enough.

    Also, I suspect that surface buildings would be quite badly damaged (sandblasted windows anyone?) and our solar panels wouldn't last long either.

    Perhaps colonising Mars under the surface is the way to go - that could resolve some of the problems due to the temperature as well.