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Dust Storm in Syria

May 22, 2003
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust storm raging in Syria Planum, south of the Labyrinthus Noctis troughs on Mars. Water ice clouds are present over each of the five largest Tharsis volcanoes.

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-366, 20 May 2003

A dust storm rages in Syria Planum, south of the Labyrinthus Noctis troughs (at lower center) in this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) composite of daily global images taken during the recent southern winter. In this view, water ice clouds are present over each of the five largest Tharsis volcanoes, Olympus Mons (right center), Alba Patera (upper center), Ascraeus Mons (near center), Pavonis Mons (toward lower left), and Arsia Mons (lower left). The summertime north polar residual water ice cap can be seen at the top of this picture. Sunlight illuminates the planet from the left.

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