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August of Wind: Rare Mars Dust Devil Footage Released

Posted by michael on from the punny-submissions-have-high-acceptance-rates dept.

astrobio writes "Very rare picture released today from Mars Orbital Camera: the image actually captured a dust devil in the act of creating a streak as it climbed an embankment out of a crater. See panorama, larger image here, and in context. Apparently the University of Arizona has a study called Project Matador which is supposed to tornado-chase on Earth, so that Mars-instruments can be hardened against dust devils. Dorothy, it isn't Kansas."

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  1. Dust Devil by ThereIsNoSporkNeo · · Score: 3, Funny

    To be honest, my first thought was that a dust devil was some sort of critter.

    Sounds like a Tabloid front-page
    "DUST-DEVIL CLIMBS OUT OF MARTIAN CRATER, ONLY TO BE RESTRAINED BY ELVIS"

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    With my dying breath, I curse Zoidberg!