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Martian dust devil seen skipping across the red planet – ZME Science
Researchers had to process the images to make this impressive dust devil really stand out.
Martian dust devil recorded by Curiosity rover at Gale Crater on Sol 2847. Credit: NASA/JPL.
Although Mars’ atmosphere is 100 times thinner than Earth’s, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t just as complex and dynamic in many regards. Mars has cyclonic storms, clouds, seasons, and — as NASA recently illustrated in a fantastic video — dust devils.
This one-of-a-kind footage was recently recorded by Curiosity rover’s Mastcam at Gale Crater. It shows a Martian dust devil casually moving from the lef…
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