A dust storm large enough to cover North America and Russia is engulfing Mars — and NASA images reveal how bleak the situation is
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- A global dust storm has engulfed Mars, and NASA says it's "one of the most intense ever observed."
- The dust storm's total area is big enough to cover North American and Russia.
- From the perspective of NASA's long-lived Opportunity rover on Mars, the sky is nearly black in the middle of the day.
Mars is not a friendly place to be right now, especially if you're an aging solar-powered rover.
NASA says a global dust storm is forming. The storm is now about 10 billion acres in size, which is enough to cover North America and Russia, or more than one-quarter of Mars. Some regions of the Martian surface have become so obscured that daylight has turned to darkness.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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