dust devil
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Magistrate Robert Webster agreed with the defence and found that the incident happened due to a dust devil - an upward spiralling vortex of air and debris - that was "unforeseen and unforeseeable".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
Just last week, scientists revealed that InSight scored another first, capturing a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Then come a few seconds of silence as the eye of the dust devil passes over the rover.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
There is a tiny chance that a dust devil might blow off the dust covering InSight’s solar panels and prolong the mission’s life.
From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2022
Auster held up his fingers and let a dust devil swirl between them like a baton.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
