Dust storm on Mars

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Dust storm on Mars

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Hello everyone
Now it is time. A dust storm is forming on the red planet.

11/17/2020 at 7:58 p.m. CET
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Re: Dust storm on Mars

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Another cracking set of images, Jozef. Interesting to see the dust storm developing.

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Super images :bow :hamster: but oh dear about the dust storm, that means we will not get good images anymore ;)

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Re: Dust storm on Mars

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Thanks Stu, Alexanda.
Montana wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:49 pm but oh dear about the dust storm, that means we will not get good images anymore ;)
Yes, probably ... because the dust storm is spreading very quickly. See today! Seeing was useless. :(

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Thanks Jozef for your excellent imagery.

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Jozef,

Very cool! We tried to see it (the dust storm) on the 17th but got the wrong side of the planet.

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Thank you friends for the kind feedback.

November 21, 2020 Animation 19.08 - 21.10 CET
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November 23, 2020

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Re: Dust storm on Mars

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Beautiful :hamster:

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