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Science 11 October 1985:
Vol. 230. no. 4722, pp. 175 - 177
DOI: 10.1126/science.230.4722.175
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Dust Devils on Mars

PETER THOMAS 1 and PETER J. GIERASCH 1

1 Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

Columnar, cone-shaped, and funnel-shaped clouds rising 1 to 6 kilometers above the surface of Mars have been identified in Viking Orbiter images. They are interpreted as dust devils, confirming predictions of their occurrence on Mars and giving evidence of a specific form of dust entrainment.

Submitted on May 28, 1985
Accepted on August 8, 1985


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