Experiencing a Dust Devil - NASA Science

Watch: Large Martian dust devil seen consuming much smaller one on Red Planet

DUST DEVILS CAN BE DANGEROUS When I see a dust devil in the desert or on the highway, sometimes I drive through the dust devil to see what will happen. Usually the wind buffets the car, but if the dust devil is large, it could cause a problem, and it’s a good idea to not drive through large dust devils at high speed. Dust devils form when a pocket of hot air near the earth surface rises quickly through cooler air above it, forming an updraft. The hot air rises because it is less dense than the c

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