Storm

The planet was blanketed by the great storm. From space, to the many people arriving to its orbit, Mars looked only like a blurred ball with no features visible. It was the longest global sandstorm in the known history. It lasted for more then one martian year already with no sign of slackening.
Sax Russell, the leading terraformer of Mars was considering the sand fixing strategies he introduced in past decades. Considering how the storm hinders all terraforming efforts. In ignorance and total uncomprehension of people’s indignation at never seeing more then a meter of the planet at one time.