Dust Devils!! What are they and how do they form explained 🌪 The National Weather Desk | Chris Suchan Meteorologist

90K views · 1.1K reactions | Curious, indeed! Our pal Curiosity recently captured "several whirlwinds carrying Martian dust across Gale Crater" on Mars, according to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These dust devils rise up when sunshine warms the ground, prompting convective rising of air. In the video below, timing is accelerated and contrast has been modified to make frame-to-frame changes easier to see, NASA JPL explained online. | Space.com | Facebook

6.3M views · 120K reactions | Dust Devils are so cool (from this distance!) This fascinating wind phenomenon occurs when cold air in the upper atmosphere reacts with with warm air close to the ground and creates a vortex. Seldom do we ever see one this defined though! | WeatherSpy | Facebook

28K views · 388 reactions | A trio of dancing dust devils ️ NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover recently captured video of Martian dust devils, a phenomenon that has been observed by multiple Mars missions since the 1970s. The largest twister in this new video is approx. 210 feet wide. They're not dangerous to the rover – but they can help us better understand the planet's weather. | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Facebook