News tagged with dust devils
Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and a stunning photograph of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists at the University of Illinois better understand strong volcanic ...
Phoenix Lander Sees, Feels Martian Whirlwinds in Action
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has photographed several dust devils dancing across the arctic plain this week and sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the lander.
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Dust Devils Whip By Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2007 |
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On sol 1120 (February 26, 2007), the navigation camera aboard NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured one of the best dust devils it’s seen in its three-plus year mission. The series of navigation camera ...
Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.
Movie Clip Shows Whirlwinds Carrying Dust on Mars
Apr 22, 2005 |
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is taking movies of dust devils -- whirlwinds carrying dust -- scooting across a plain on Mars.
HiRISE Catches a Dust Devil on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The University of Arizona-based High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) group this week released a good look at a dust devil on Mars. This is not the storm bedeviling NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit ...
Electric sand findings could lead to better climate models
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Wind isn't acting alone in the geological process behind erosion, sand dunes and airborne dust particles called aerosols. The other culprit is electricity. By taking both factors into account, researchers at the University ...
How intense will storms get? New model helps answer question
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface.
Answering that age-old lament: Where does all this dust come from?
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Where does it come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and ...
Telltale tells story of winds at Phoenix landing site
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Wind speeds and directions were measured for the first time in the Mars polar region using the Phoenix lander’s Telltale instrument. Astronomers recorded Easterly winds of approximately 15-20 kilometres per ...
Spirit's 'Everest' Panorama
Nov 08, 2005 |
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If a human with perfect vision donned a spacesuit and stepped onto the martian surface, the view would be as clear as this sweeping panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
The Devils of Mars
Jul 15, 2005 |
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When humans visit Mars, they'll have to watch out for towering electrified dust devils Ah, Martian summer! Finally, the days are long, just like on dear old Earth. And daytime highs rocket all the way up ...
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