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[#Dust devils on #Mars] They come in different sizes, occur frequently, ... and sometimes even merge, annihilate each other! For over four years, the #camera and #microphone installed on the #Perseverance rover have been observing their formation, movement ... and disappearance. The result is a better understanding of Martian weather conditions.

[#Tourbillons de #poussière sur #Mars] Ils sont de tailles différentes, se produisent fréquemment, ... et parfois même fusionnent, s'annihilent ! Depuis plus de quatre ans, la #caméra et le #microphone installés sur le rover #Perseverance observent leur formation, leur déplacement ... et leur disparition. S'ensuit une meilleure connaissance des conditions météorologiques martiennes.

Info+ : nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-pe

Middlebury-based Cluster member @jmunroe quoted in today's medis coverage of findings from our source-to-sink study of #dust in the #CriticalZone.

“The samples that we collected, the analyses we did, reinforced the idea that the urban dust there in Salt Lake, in Provo, is different from natural dust. It has components in it, which do have sources in an urban landscape, the things we would expect to find in a place where there is a lot of development."

bit.ly/4cgYvah

ABC4 Utah · More dust, more problems: Why a drying Salt Lake is not the worst of itBy Jonathan May

Dust storm and many wind driven fires in the southwest US. Same song, 22nd verse.

One fire is about a half hour drive from me:
app.watchduty.org/i/44174

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-adjacent fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fi

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Ah, yes, I have been stuck in one of those in NM for more than 3 hours. It was miserable. Better than being involved in what caused that particular shutdown, which was a fatal accident. #NMwx #dust