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Giant Dust Storm On Mars Threatening To End NASA's Opportunity Rover

NPR | By Joe Palca
Published June 13, 2018 at 4:48 PM EDT
Global map of Mars showing a growing dust storm as of June 6, 2018. The map was produced by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
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Global map of Mars showing a growing dust storm as of June 6, 2018. The map was produced by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

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Joe Palca
Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR.
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