dust devil
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Magistrate Robert Webster agreed with the defence and found that the incident happened due to a dust devil - an upward spiralling vortex of air and debris - that was "unforeseen and unforeseeable".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
Given that the rover’s SuperCam microphone is turned on for less than three minutes every few days, Murdoch said it was “definitely luck” that the dust devil appeared when it did on Sept. 27, 2021.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022
Sound returns for another couple of seconds as the trailing wall of the dust devil spins over the rover again.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
There is a tiny chance that a dust devil might blow off the dust covering InSight’s solar panels and prolong the mission’s life.
From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2022
“Resilience, Fly has gone down. But you must stay where you are until the dust devil has left the area. Do you hear me?”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
