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Dust Devil on Mars

  • 09-03-2012 10:01AM
    #1
    Muppet Man
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    Thought this was awesome...

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    (http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2012/03/08/dust-devils-on-mars)
    The delicate arc in the plume was produced by a westerly breeze at about a 250-meter height that blew the top of the plume towards the east. The westerly winds and the draw of warmth to the south combine to guide dust devils along southeast trending paths, as indicated by the tracks of many previous dust-devils. The dust plume itself is about 30 meters in diameter.
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