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Dust Devils Together

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a group of three large afternoon dust devils occurring within several kilometers of each other in northwestern Amazonis on Mars during the northern summer in November 2004.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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14 January 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired during northern summer in November 2004, shows a group of three large afternoon dust devils occurring within several kilometers of each other in northwestern Amazonis. The image covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and was obtained with a spatial resolution of 12 meters (13 yards) per pixel. This scene is located near 36.2°N, 157.6°W. Sunlight illuminates the dust devils from the left.