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Mars Lander Instrument Waving In the Martian Wind

Posted by timothy on from the more-proof-of-fraud dept.

Matt_dk writes "This series of images show Phoenix's telltale instrument waving in the Martian wind. Documenting the telltale's movement helps mission scientists and engineers determine what the wind is like on Mars. On the day these images were taken, one of the images seemed to be 'out-of-phase' with other images, possibly indicating a dust devil occurrence."

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  1. Re:Any audio from Mars? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    He shouldn't get modded *down*, just not modded up... Its a genuine question that does not disrupt the comment session... Just my 2 cents anyway

  2. Re:Mars, atmosphere by Deadstick · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mars does possess an atmosphere

    ...and bloody little of it, less than 1/100 as dense as our atmosphere at the surface. A wind sufficient to move part of that instrument would be pretty stormy weather by Martian standards.

    rj