Dust devil
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A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind. Its size ranges from small to large—0.5 m and a few yards or metres tall to more than 10 m wide and more than 1 km tall. Th
A dust devil in Arizona, USA
A dust devil seen in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, in 1993
A dust devil in Kraków, Poland
A dust devil in Steptoe Valley, Nevada, USA.
Martian dust devils
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Martian dust devils are convective atmospheric vortices that occur on the surface of Mars. They were discovered from data reported by NASA's Viking probes, and have been photographed by orbiting satel
Dust devil
…times as much dust, thus having a greater combined impact on the dust content of the atmosphere. When this occurs, they are often called sand pillars. Martian dust devils are convective atmospheric vortices that occur on the surface of Mars. They were discovered from data reported by NASA's Viking probes, and have been…
Martian dust devil photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This dust devil is 800 m (2,600 ft) tall and 30 m (98 ft) wide.
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images of dust devil tracks