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Questions to How Martian Sand Dunes Form Still Open

It is almost unbelievable that Mars, having barely any atmosphere, is able to create sand storms so powerful that they are visible from the surface of our planet. During these storms sand is being lifted high into the Red Planet's atmosphere and dropped only to stir up other dust particles present of the surface...

29 April 2008
10:55 GMT

Sandstorms Go Electric

It seems that wind action alone is not enough to account for the observed effects during sandstorms, thus scientists went searching for an alternative explanation, which strangely could also lift the mystery hovering above some weird effects seen on the Red Planet. It is a well-known fact that bodies rubbing against ...

10 January 2008
09:43 GMT




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