'Duluth' Drill Site -- Before and During the Dust Storm (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

'Duluth' Drill Site -- Before and During the Dust Storm

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Two images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity rover depicting the change in the color of light illuminating the Martian surface since a dust storm engulfed Gale Crater. The left image shows the 'Duluth' drill site on Sol 2058 (May 21); the right image is from Sol 2084 (June 17). The cherry red color is due to red dust grains in the atmosphere letting red light through to the surface, but not green or blue, and to different exposure times for the two images.

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