A time-lapse composite image depicts the darkening skies (from the perspective of the Opportunity rover) caused by a 2007 dust storm. The numbers at the top of the image are a measurement of the optical depth of the dust, as it continues to accumulate. At the bottom: Opportunity Sol number and local true solar time.

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June 14, 2007

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