The photo on the left shows a dust storm brewing at about the 4 o’clock position and in the northern polar cap. Two months later, the planet’s features are totally obscured by the dust. Photo courtesy NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL) Here’s to hoping we have better weather this weekend (and the next few months) than Mars did back in 2001 with these dust storms!

The photo on the left shows a dust storm brewing at about the 4 o’clock position and in the northern polar cap. Two months later, the planet’s features are totally obscured by the dust.

Photo courtesy NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)

Here’s to hoping we have better weather this weekend (and the next few months) than Mars did back in 2001 with these dust storms!

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