Excessively cool: Dust devils on Mars video!

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:59 pm

Check out this:

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... B558R1.gif

Robin

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:47 pm

Where I come from, we called those whirlwinds.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:48 am

wrote:"Dust devils? That's an affront to the paradisiacally-excluded!

emm wrote:Yeah? Well who asked you Beezy? That's just what they call'em.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:06 am

Cool! But I suspect that they are small hunting pack of mini tornadoes looking for or anticipating a future mobile home park.

MarkB

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:58 am

Mini mobile home parks, or is this just the behavior of young tornadoes learning technique so they'll be ready when they reach height and velocity puberty?

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:18 am

Are you sure those aren't Tasmanian Devils?

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:12 pm

emmline wrote:
wrote:"Dust devils? That's an affront to the paradisiacally-excluded!

emm wrote:Yeah? Well who asked you Beezy? That's just what they call'em.

Eek! eeeek! Emm's a gonna get smoted! (hastily backing away from emmline and looking nervously around)

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:16 am

I've always found it exhilerating to see footage from Mars, this being no exception. I dunno, there's just something very neat about seeing things on another world, no matter how barren.

MarkB wrote: Cool! But I suspect that they are small hunting pack of mini tornadoes looking for or anticipating a future mobile home park.

emm wrote: Mini mobile home parks, or is this just the behavior of young tornadoes learning technique so they'll be ready when they reach height and velocity puberty?

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:12 am

I did not realize that there would be enough of an atmosphere to allow such a phenomenon. Fascinating.

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 am

So. . .where's the line for volunteers to go visit in person? I want in.

Mark

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:26 am

Wow... cool