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04-03-2016, 02:13 AM
NASA rover snaps photo of a dust devil swirling on Mars
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More than 4,000 Martian days after NASA's Mars rover Opportunity began exploring the surface of the red planet, the little robot caught sight some something truly stunning.
Opportunity snapped a photo of a dust devil (http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/n/4332/1N512762808EFFCQ00P1966R0M1.HTML) swirling in the*Meridiani Planun, the rover's home since it landed on the planet in 2004.
SEE ALSO: Mile-high mountains on Mars sculpted by wind, climate change (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/mars-mountains-wind/)
"This is one of the best dust devils that we have seen in Meridiani Planum,"*Ray Arvidson, Opportunity's deputy principal investigator, confirmed to Mashable*via email.
"We are lucky to have captured this one in an image!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/02/mars-rover-opportunity-dust-devil-photo/)
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More than 4,000 Martian days after NASA's Mars rover Opportunity began exploring the surface of the red planet, the little robot caught sight some something truly stunning.
Opportunity snapped a photo of a dust devil (http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/n/4332/1N512762808EFFCQ00P1966R0M1.HTML) swirling in the*Meridiani Planun, the rover's home since it landed on the planet in 2004.
SEE ALSO: Mile-high mountains on Mars sculpted by wind, climate change (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/mars-mountains-wind/)
"This is one of the best dust devils that we have seen in Meridiani Planum,"*Ray Arvidson, Opportunity's deputy principal investigator, confirmed to Mashable*via email.
"We are lucky to have captured this one in an image!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/02/mars-rover-opportunity-dust-devil-photo/)
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