A Martian dust-up
A huge dust storm has broken out on Mars just as amateur telescopes are pointing at the planet in its closest approach until 2018.
The bright area in the lower right of the picture on the linked-to page is the storm.
BTW, the page to which the above link will take you contains one of the less accurate astronomical headlines I've seen for quite a while, on the video featuring Lester Holt of the Today Show: Mars is always close enough to see with the naked eye! If you can't see it, it's because the wrong part of the sky is overhead!
Sounds like something an editor would be more likely than Lester Holt to be responsible for!
Now if only those lousy clouds would get out of the way. The ones in our atmosphere, over Iowa, I mean.
The bright area in the lower right of the picture on the linked-to page is the storm.
BTW, the page to which the above link will take you contains one of the less accurate astronomical headlines I've seen for quite a while, on the video featuring Lester Holt of the Today Show: Mars is always close enough to see with the naked eye! If you can't see it, it's because the wrong part of the sky is overhead!
Sounds like something an editor would be more likely than Lester Holt to be responsible for!
Now if only those lousy clouds would get out of the way. The ones in our atmosphere, over Iowa, I mean.
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