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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2023 November 7   
      
                           A Martian Dust Devil Spins By   
        Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Perseverance Rover; AI processing:   
                                     PipploIMP   
      
      Explanation: It moved across the surface of Mars -- what was it? A dust   
      devil. Such spinning columns of rising air are heated by the warm   
      surface and are also common in warm and dry areas on planet Earth.   
      Typically lasting only a few minutes, dust devils become visible as   
      they pick up loose red-colored dust, leaving the darker and heavier   
      sand beneath intact. Dust devils not only look cool -- they can leave   
      visible trails, and have been credited with unexpected cleanings of the   
      surfaces of solar panels. The images in the featured AI-interpolated   
      video were captured in early August by the Perseverance rover currently   
      searching for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater. The six-second   
      time-lapse video encapsulates a real duration of just over one minute.   
      Visible in the distance, the spinning dust devil was estimated to be   
      passing by at about 20 kilometers per hour and extend up about 2   
      kilometers high.   
      
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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