NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 ‘dust devils’ on Mars
NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, encountered 100 dust devils in its first 90 times on Mars soon after landing in February.
Small whirlwinds on Mars, recognised as vortices, are not unheard of. They can be tens of metres huge and numerous kilometres higher, with wind speeds upwards of 100 kilometres for each hour. Numerous have been detected by other missions on Mars, these as the Curiosity rover and Insight lander.
If these vortices elevate up Martian dust, they can sort so-identified as dust devils – dusty columns towering into …
NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, encountered 100 dust devils in its first 90 times on Mars soon after landing in February.
Small whirlwinds on Mars, recognised as vortices, are not unheard of. They can be tens of metres huge and numerous kilometres higher, with wind speeds upwards of 100 kilometres for each hour. Numerous have been detected by other missions on Mars, these as the Curiosity rover and Insight lander.
If these vortices elevate up Martian dust, they can sort so-identified as dust devils – dusty columns towering into …