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Monster dust devil seen by HiRISE
Stu
post Apr 5 2012, 04:35 PM
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Rather gorgeous new dust devil photographed by HiRISE, and it's a monster...

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_026394_2160

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post Apr 5 2012, 05:54 PM
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I did not see a little frame house twirling around in that. smile.gif


But going serious, that is an amazing picture. I don't see that kind of detail in dust devils in my area, and that picture was from a camera in orbit!
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- Stu   Monster dust devil seen by HiRISE   Apr 5 2012, 04:35 PM
- - Seryddwr   Nice pic! - and it makes the one seen last mon...   Apr 5 2012, 05:41 PM
- - Stu   It does indeed...   Apr 5 2012, 05:51 PM
- - tasp   I did not see a little frame house twirling around...   Apr 5 2012, 05:54 PM
- - stewjack   They made a movie clip of both dust devils. http:/...   Apr 5 2012, 09:50 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   And don't forget to check out the CTX image. Y...   Apr 5 2012, 09:59 PM
- - antipode   Wow! Imagine photographing that from a near...   Apr 5 2012, 11:35 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (antipode @ Apr 5 2012, 06:35 PM) H...   Apr 6 2012, 12:32 PM
- - TheAnt   I noted this on Sciencedaily http://www.sciencedai...   Apr 7 2012, 12:32 AM

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