dust devil

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Another dust devil was filmed travelling a short distance in a field in Wistow, between Cambridge and Peterborough.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

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

What it needs is a direct hit by a dust devil, because such vortices are capable of cleaning solar panels.

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

“A really big dust devil got him, we’re pretty sure,” Xander says.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga