A Martian dust devil captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The dust devil's core is approximately 140 meters in diameter, with its plume extending about 20 kilometers above the surface of Amazonis Planitia. The image shows a swirling column of dust against a textured Martian landscape.
Astronomy Picture from 03/03/2015
A Dust Devil on Mars
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150303.html
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