Scientists spot over a thousand dust devils on Mars

ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured this dust devil tracking across the martian surface on 3 December 2021. (ESA/TGO/CaSSIS via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

Scientists have spotted over a thousand dust devils on Mars.

Scientists spot over a thousand dust devils on Mars

ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured these three dust devils tracking across the martian surface on 8 November 2021. (ESA/TGO/CaSSIS via SWNS)
Scientists spot over a thousand dust devils on Mars

An archive picture shows a Martian "dust devil" seen moving east to west about 12 mph (19 kph) along “Thorofare Ridge” on August 30, 2023. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)
Scientists spot over a thousand dust devils on Mars

(ESA/MPS et al. via SWNS)

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