Martian “Crop Circle” Left by Dust Devils

By Alex in Paranormal, Science & Tech on Jan 30, 2008 at 4:01 am

That little Martian humanoid we posted about before wasn’t the only thing that was strange about the Red Planet. Turns out, it also has circular "crop circles" (yes, I know, there are no crops on Mars, but you know what I mean) left behind by dust devils!

The Martian dust devil documented on March 15, 2005, was spinning across the surface of Gusev Crater just before noon on Mars. NASA’s Spirit rover took a series of images that were later assembled to a spectacular 21-frame animation with its navigation camera.

The event occurred during a period of 9 minutes and 35 seconds beginning at 11:48 a.m. local Mars time, recording the dust devil’s progress in a northeasterly direction about 1.0 kilometer (0.62 mile) away from Spirit’s perch on the slopes of the "Columbia Hills." The whirlwind was travelling at about 4.8 meters per second (16 feet per second) and covered a distance of about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile). The dust devil is about 34 meters (112 feet) in diameter.

Link | NASA’s animated footage

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Sasha
Feb 1st, 2008 at 4:05 am
Interesting video, but it bears no relation to crop circles on Earth. Many of them involve complex, detailed, and precise geometric designs without any errors. To say they were created by natural phenomenon is like saying that Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa when he accidently tipped over a can of paint.

Really, it’s worth looking at some images of crop circles..whether they are of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin, they are some stunning, amazing art.
bush will
Jul 27th, 2008 at 12:55 am
NASA’s spirit rover took a series of images that were latter met to a salient 21 frame animation with its sailing camera. The event takes time during the period approximately 10 minute.
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blessy
Jul 28th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I am new a new visitor to this site. It is very nice site. This article says about important of crop circles in earth. This article gives more details about Planet and its working areas. We can obtain the variations in this place with the help of some high capable cameras. We can involve into any geometric process with the help of this video .

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antra jolly
Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Pollution is affecting every thing badly. It is harmful for every thing.
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