Watch a Martian Dust Devil on Camera using NASA’s Perseverance Rover!

In this episode, we will show you how NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a video of a dust devil on Mars, and what it can tell us about the Martian weather and climate. A dust devil is a swirling column of air and dust that forms when warm air rises and mixes with cooler air. They are common on Earth, but they are even more spectacular on Mars, where the thin atmosphere and the dry surface create ideal conditions for them to form. We will explain how the rover recorded and measured the dust devil, and how it compares to other dust devils observed by previous missions on Mars. We will also discuss how dust devils affect the Martian atmosphere and weather, and how they can trigger or contribute to larger dust storms on Mars, which are among the most extreme weather events in the solar system.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 How Perseverance Captured the Video of the Dust Devil
02:49 How Scientists Measured the Height of the Dust Devil
05:16 How Dust Devils Affect the Martian Atmosphere and Weather
07:55 Outro
08:32 Enjoy

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[gaminawulfsdottir]

I'm disturbed at how you intermingled actual rover images with artists' animations -- without the merest attempt to label them as such. That's outright deceitful, and it does nobody any good except making yourself look good.

[darylbrown]

2:00' The rover decided to stop and record ' A I software? 😳🤔😝 I think someone at NASA decided.

[mattpike]

Mars is so interesting, and we will see humans on it within 10-20 years. Great vid 👍

Are you planning on making a video about the carbon found on europa? Edit- you already did! 😅 how on earth did I miss that one!

[lucysluckyday]

The clouds are the most interesting aspect. Clouds of what exactly? Water? So if it's water, and there is surface heat (to form the dust devils) and carbon dioxide, then there is probably also plants .. somewhere on that planet. So i doubt it is literally lifeless. (unless it's 100% free of seeds to germinate I guess, but i still think there should be plants (slime, moss, whatever).

[tdw]

That's about a mile, you'd think they would use what Americans use, they did pay for the thing.

[Leopez]

Mars The beautiful Red planet is really interesting planet in our Solar system because there was life on Mars billions years ago and can be life on today too, man made cavedoor, faces on Mars ground and humanoid statues on Mars are good reasons why I believe there will be life on Mars today. Marsquakes and Mars storms like that Dust Devil are really interesting natural phenomenas on Mars. Our neighbour planet Mars is home of humanity on future but it will takes a long long time before humans are ready to move Mars, still I will always stay here in Earth because this is beautiful blue home planet with life. 🌌🌍👨🏻‍🚀👩🏾‍🚀🚀🛰🌑☀️🛸👽👾🪐☄️

[trinivagrant]

Wow this is so phony even for nasa. How much is your budget

[gordonsmith]

Stop using KM as the unit of measure. That shit is annoying.