Mars rover finally sees Martian dust devil

Mars rover finally sees Martian dust devil

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After more than six years roaming the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has spotted its first dust devil on the Red Planet.

Unlike its robotic twin on Mars, Spirit — a prolific dust devil photographer — Opportunity's attempts to catch the tornado-like wind formations had repeatedly come up empty. That is, until now.

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I think this is pretty cool to see something like this happening on a next-door planet. I've seen dust devils in Arizona, Nevada, and in Texas. Now we have a new place to watch them, Mars!
First Spirit had all the fun, now we have Oppertunity taking pics of this. What else can we see more of on Mars?

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