Dust devils on Mars. Dust devils are rotating columns of dust that form around low-pressure air pockets, and are common on both Earth & Mars. These dust devils formed on the dust-covered, volcanic plains of Amazonis Planitia. The dust devil (top) has a core roughly 50m across. The length of the shadow suggests the plume of rises about 650m into the atmosphere. The (lower image) dust devil is serpentine in shape, and its shadow indicates that the dust plume reaches more than 800m, or half a mile in height. An optimised & enhanced version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona

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