Mars is a devil eat devil world. The Perseverance Rover recently witnessed a Gruesome Scene on the Red Planet, in which a dust devil consumed its smaller counterpart, morphing into one, slightly concern, Slightly Larger, Sweirling Column of AR and Dust.
Nasa’s Six-WHEELED ROBOT was carrying out an imaging Experiment to Better undersrstand the martian atmosphere when it is captured the two dust devils at play. Using Its Navigation Camera, The Perseverance Rover Snapped Images of Several Dust Devils Spinning Erratically on the Western Rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater, in an area callch hazelde.
The images were stitched into a short video that reviews the larger dust devil, which was approximately 210 feet (65 meters) wide, and a smaller dust devil, routhly 16 feet (5 meters) wide (5 meters) wide (5 meters) wide. Two more dust devils can be seen swirling in the background.
The tiny, unassuming twister walked straight into its own demise, and was swallowed up by its larger counterpart. “Convective Vortices – Ca Dust Devils – CAN Be Rather Firendish,” Mark Lemmon, A Perseverance Scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, Saido, Said in a statement“These-Twisters wander the surface of mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering the visibility in their immediati area. If two two dust devils happen upon Each other, they can eiterate one Another Oblithare OBLITERATE AONETHERE ANOHER AND Merge, with the Stronger One Consuming The Weaker. “
Dust devils were first spotted by nasa’s viking mission in the 1970s, which photographed the cheeky phenomenon from mars’ orbit. Two Decades Later, The Pathfinder Mission Captured the first image of a dust devil from the surface of mars, with one even passing over the lander. Since then, Nasa’s Martian Rovers Have Captured Their Share of Dust Devils.
Unlike Earth, Mars’ Atmosphere is Too Thin to Support Tornadoes. INTEAD, as Air Near the Planet’s Surface Heats Up and Rices to Meet the Cooler, Denser Air, It Begins to Rotate. As more air joins the column, it picks up speed, as well as dust, and creates a swirling dust devil.
“If you feel bad for the little devil in our latest video, it may give you some Solace to know the larger perpetrator most like luckly met its own an end a lesser minutes laater,” lemmon said. “Dust devils on mars only last about 10 minutes.”