NASA's Perseverance Rover on the planet Mars, captured a dust devil moving across the rim of a crater as the robotic geologist was searching for signs of life on the red planet.
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The 21 pictures snapped four seconds apart by one of the rover’s Navcams, were put together and sped up by about 20 times to show the motion of the dust devil. The phenomena are often studied by scientists to understand the atmosphere of Mars while also helping to improve current weather models. Based on the images, NASA said, mission scientists believe the dust devil was about 2.5 miles away on the"Thorofare Ridge," moving east to west about 12 mph.
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