Katherine thought this was cool and had to share it:
Spirit began seeing dust devil activity around the beginning of Mars'
spring season. Activity increased as spring continued, but fell off again
for about two weeks during a dust storm. As the dust storm faded away,
dust devil activity came back. In the mid-afternoons as the summer
solstice approached, dust devils were a very common occurrence on
the floor of Gusev crater. The early-spring dust devils tended to move
southwest-to-northeast, across the dust devil streaks in Gusev seen from
orbit. Increasingly as the season progresses, the dust devils are seen
moving northwest-to-southeast, in the same direction as the streaks.
Scientists are watching for the big dust devils that leave those streaks.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050819a.html
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:01:12 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On Sunday 28 August 2005 23:32, Andrew Pam wrote:
Katherine thought this was cool and had to share it:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050819a.html
My sister, brother, and I thought dust devils were cool as kids. I used to
chase after them and stand in the middle of them if I could. Meant my mother
had the unpleasant task of brushing out my hair afterwards.
Toodles,
Katherine
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