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Andrew Jones

Massive Mars dust storm spotted by China's Tianwen-1 probe (photos)

Photo of a golden spacecraft in orbit around mars.

China's Tianwen-1 orbiter spotted a massive dust storm on Mars near Olympus Mons, the biggest mountain in the solar system.

The massive dust storm was captured by the medium-resolution MoRIC camera on Tianwen-1 in January 2022. The mission launched in July 2020 and arrived in orbit around Mars just ahead of the arrival of NASA's Perseverance rover in February 2021. 

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