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NASA Curiosity rover captures impressive dust devil swirling on Mars – CNET
The red planet whipped up a whirlwind for the camera.
NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped the images in this GIF that show a dust devil moving acros the martian landscape.
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It’s been blustery lately in the Gale Crater on Mars, home to NASA’s Curiosity rover.
The Curiosity team has been snapping landscape views to keep an eye on the wind activity. Their efforts paid off with a scenic GIF of a dust devil acting up in the distance.
Spotting dust devils on Mars can be tricky, requiring a lot of image processing.
“But this dust devil w…
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