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Dust Devil on Mars
December 1 , 2023
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- NASA's 'six-wheeled geologist,' the Perseverance rover has captured a Martian dust devil on camera.
- A dust devil is a dust tornado, similar to the tornadoes we see on Earth.
- Generally, Martian tornadoes are smaller than the one we see on our planet.
- But as per calculations based on the tornado's shadow, was about two kilometres (1.2 miles) in height.
- This is much taller than the average tornado the US experiences every year, and about five times the height of the US Empire State Building.
- The rover spotted the dust devil on a location nicknamed "Thorofare Ridge."
- It was about four kilometres or 2.5 miles away from the Perseverance Rover.
- It was moving at a speed of about 19 kilometres per hour or 12mph.
- As per estimates, its width was about 200 feet (or 60 metres).
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