You know how I’m always talking about the wonders of the universe. Well, NASA (along with JPL-Caltech and the Univ. of Arizona) has managed to bring us another such wonder. Boy, the winds of Mars are devilish. This amazing image of a serpent dust devil on the surface of Mars in a location called the Amazonis Planitia. It’s amazing that this planet which has so many similarities to our own never fails to astonish us with familiar scenes on far away lands. It’s almost as though the spirit of Mars is taking a leisurely stroll on the red planet, and didn’t notice that someone out there was watching.
In this case, the someone was the HIRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Space exploration always manages to blow our minds, doesn’t it?
