HUGE DUST STORM ON MARS: Yesterday, NASA lost contact with the Opportunity Mars rover as a ferocious dust storm spreads around the Red Planet. Thick dust has turned day into night at Opportunity's work site in Perseverance Valley, blocking sunlight to the solar powered rover. Currently on the verge of circumnavigating Mars, the storm is so large that amateur astronomers can now see it through backyard telescopes. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for an animation of the spreading storm and more information.
Above: Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the dust storm enveloping Opportunity last week. Visit Spaceweather.com to see the full animation.
