Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures incredible Martian storm

The HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this incredible image of dust churned up by wind vortices, or dust devils, on the Martian surface.

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures incredible martian storm

(Credit: NASA, HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona))

[mrcjacobs]

Looks like a piece of leather with blue dye spilled on it.

[A_K47]

...actually it does!

[T_Hoff]

Just like a tattoo...

[neologismist]

Check your source, James. This is no storm. It's the tracks of dust devils that exposed darker subsurface soil below lighter colored sand. It is a stunning image tho ...

[Mergatroid Mania]

Thank you.
I was going to complain that once AGAIN CNET has allowed ANOTHER article that is not an article at all.

A picture with a sentence should not even be on CNET. No explanation as to what was actually happening in the picture, and the headline was wrong.

Man, why do some of these people get paid for doing such a lousy job? I could do a better job myself, and I have had no journalistic training.

[neologismist]

Yes. This was much better, and infinitely more accurate, when it was an Astronomy Picture of the Day. Last Week. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091021.html

[stubbyns]

Cnet and its attention-grabbing misleading headlines ;)

[schmigg666]

Looks more like a close up of a tattoo than Mars.

[wavjockey]

This does look like a poorly shot tattoo.

[dbagpiper]

What I admire is the usual depth and detail CNET has painstakingly massaged into what is obviously a very carefully crafted article.... You know, there is a new site out; they call it "Flikr" and you can use it for articles like this one!

[mstcrkll]

It is a real picture of the Mars' surface, although it was take back in August and the full image looks way cooler because its a huge storm, it is still real, here is the link to the source http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_014426_2070