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Electrical discharges generated by the fast-moving dust devils lasted just a few seconds, while those spawned by dust storms lingered as long as 30 minutes.
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Marcia Dunn The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
The Perseverance readings were taken in the Jezero Crater, but other regions on Mars may get 20 times more dust devils.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2025
Fifty-five such events were picked up by the microphone over two Martian years, the researchers say, and the sparks were usually associated with dust devils and the fronts of dust storms.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
The wind picked up; a dust devil spun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Marcia Dunn The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
The Perseverance readings were taken in the Jezero Crater, but other regions on Mars may get 20 times more dust devils.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2025
Fifty-five such events were picked up by the microphone over two Martian years, the researchers say, and the sparks were usually associated with dust devils and the fronts of dust storms.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
The wind picked up; a dust devil spun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Dust devil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20devil. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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