{"id":16347,"date":"2018-07-04T16:48:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16347"},"modified":"2018-07-04T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:48:32","slug":"video-an-update-on-the-giant-mars-dust-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16347","title":{"rendered":"Video: An update on the giant Mars dust storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planet-wide dust cloud<\/a>\u00a0on Mars continues and may last another month or two. <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mer\/home\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opportunity rover<\/a> remains in a deep freeze mode while the sun is blocked from powering its solar panels but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/mars-science-laboratory-curiosity-rover-msl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curiosity<\/a>&#8216;s nuclear power planet keeps it running regardless of the weather. Here is an update on the storm from NASA JPL:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0EJ2DUf7g0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primemusic&amp;banner=0EBKCF0TBP7RX7TPW482&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=f2f225bb85f1f80a05cfe9bea4e7785f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The planet-wide dust cloud\u00a0on Mars continues and may last another month or two. Opportunity rover remains in a deep freeze mode while the sun is blocked from powering its solar panels but\u00a0Curiosity&#8216;s nuclear power planet keeps it running regardless of the weather. Here is an update on the storm from NASA JPL: ===== &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4fF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16200,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16200","url_meta":{"origin":16347,"position":0},"title":"Huge Martian dust storm cuts power to the Opportunity rover","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As happens occasionally, a giant dust storm has arisen on Mars and the resulting cloudy sky has cut power to the Opportunity rover. 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