What causes dust devils & why are scientists studying them ... and the really big ones can reach a half mile high. But this isn't a mini tornado. It's a dust devil. - People always want to know ...

Dust devils are created by strong surface heating and typically last only a few minutes. The vortices are usually smaller and less intense than a tornado but, on average, reach between 500 and ...

The new visuals show a dust devil consuming a smaller one on the rim of the red planet’s Jezero Crater. “These mini-twisters wander ... “If two dust devils happen upon each other, they ...

"Convective vortices — aka dust devils — can be rather fiendish," said Mark Lemmon, a Perseverance scientist at the Space Science Institute in Colorado, in a statement. "These mini twisters ...

"Convective vortices—aka dust devils—can be rather fiendish," said Mark Lemmon, a Perseverance scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. "These mini-twisters wander the ...

In a short video released Thursday by NASA, the two dust devils can be seen swirling and ... The "fiendish" mini-twisters "wander the surface of Mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering ...

"These mini-twisters wander the surface of Mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering the visibility in their immediate area," Lemmon added. "If two dust devils happen upon each other ...

Scientists say they have spotted a dust devil "eating" another on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured the otherworldly scene of several Red Planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of ...