[mental4astro (Alexander)]

I wonder what the heck sort of storm produces such a massive global dust storm!?

My planetary science isn't all that flash, but I would have thought only something like a flaming big asteroid would have been large enough to stir up that much dust in such a thin a poorly heated atmosphere. I do know that these global dust storms happen every now and then, but all the same, what the blazes triggers such a massive event? This in itself is well worth knowing, and sharing, especially as the surface features are obscured, it makes for a good reason to expand our knowledge base.