Dust Storms on Mars
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34247/35306/1567220575382-i_screenimage_16350.jpg)
Depicts: Mars
Copyright: Phil James (University of Toledo), Steve Lee (University of Colorado) and NASA
Mars is famous for large, planet-wide dust storms. Smaller storms resembling the one seen here were observed in other regions by Viking orbiters in the late 1970s.
Last Update: 1 September 2019