When the skies begin to clear, Opportunity's solar panels may be covered by a fine film of dust. Based on the longevity of a 2001 global storm, NASA scientists estimate it may be early September before the haze has cleared enough for Opportunity to power up and call home. But the nearly 15-year-old rover isn't out of the woods yet: it could take weeks, or even months, for the dust to start settling.

Luckily, all that dust acts as an atmospheric insulator, keeping nighttime temperatures from dropping down to lower than what Opportunity can handle. As of July 18th, no response has been received from the rover. Because Opportunity runs on solar energy, scientists had to suspend science activities to preserve the rover's batteries. By June 20, it had gone global.įor the Opportunity rover, that meant a sudden drop in visibility from a clear, sunny day to that of an overcast one.

Scientists first observed a smaller-scale dust storm on May 30. In June, one of these dust events rapidly engulfed the planet. Scientists still don't understand why or how exactly these storms form and evolve. 'Global' dust storms, where a runaway series of storms creates a dust cloud so large it envelops the planet, only appear every six to eight years (that's three to four Mars years). Each has been impacted personally with family members afflicted by it.Storm chasing takes luck and patience on Earth - and even more so on Mars.įor scientists watching the Red Planet from data gathered by NASA's orbiters, the past month has been a windfall. Patel, Rogen and Miller Rogen are all longtime activists concerning Alzheimer’s. Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, Seth Rogen, and and Lauren Miller Rogen are producing. The film will be directed by Leah Nelson. Tangles confronts the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease, and ultimately releases a knot of memories and dreams to reveal a bond between a mother and a daughter that will never come apart. Midge, a Harvard educated intellectual, struggles to comprehend the simplest words Sarah’s father, Rob, slowly adapts to his new role as full-time caretaker, but still finds time for wordplay and poetry with his wife Sarah and her sister Hannah argue, laugh, and grieve together as they join forces to help Midge. In spare black and- white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family’s journey through a harrowing range of emotions-shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration-all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness. In Tangles, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer’s disease transformed her mother, Midge, and her family forever. Monarch Media, Point Grey Pictures, Lylas Pictures, and Giant Ant are teaming up for an animated featured based on the graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me by Sarah Leavitt.

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