Editing Dust storm (section)

== On Mars==
{{Further|Climate of Mars#Dust storms|Atmosphere of Mars#Dust storms}}
[[File:Dust storm co.tif|thumb|right|Orbital view of a Martian dust storm]]

Dust storms are not limited to Earth and have also been known to form on [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Discovery Monitoring and Predicting Extraterrestrial Weather |date=22 September 2009 |publisher=National Science Foundation |url=https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115594 |access-date=2013-11-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211013731/https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115594 |archive-date=2014-12-11}}</ref> These dust storms can extend over larger areas than those on Earth, sometimes encircling the planet, with wind speeds as high as {{convert|60|mph|m/s|round=5|order=flip|abbr=on}}. However, given Mars' much lower atmospheric pressure (roughly 1% that of Earth's), the intensity of Mars storms could never reach the hurricane-force winds experienced on Earth.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fact and Fiction of Martian Dust Storms |publisher=National Aeronautics And Space Administration |url=http://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1854 |access-date=2015-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914033442/http://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1854 |archive-date=2016-09-14}}</ref> Martian dust storms are formed when solar heating warms the Martian atmosphere and causes the air to move, lifting dust off the ground. The chance for storms is increased when there are great temperature variations like those seen at the equator during the Martian summer.<ref>{{cite web |title=THEMIS keeps an eye on Mars for dust |publisher=THEMIS |url=http://themis.asu.edu/dust_activity_monitor |access-date=2013-11-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703042347/http://themis.asu.edu/dust_activity_monitor |archive-date=2013-07-03}}</ref>