This is the dramatic moment a dust devil tore across a desert in Arizona. Saunie was driving along Highway 95 when they spotted the swirling sand vortex moving across the open field in Yuma County.

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A dust storm that engulfed Mars in 2018 destroyed a vortex of cold air around the planet's south pole and brought an early spring to the hemisphere. By contrast, the storm caused only minor ...

A large, whirling dust devil caught one Iowa man's attention in May. Matt Woods was driving down a gravel road in Boone County when he spotted the dirt-filled funnel whipping across a farm field. He ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A common sight drifting across the Sonoran Desert is a dust devil. Some are small and last only a few seconds while others last for several minutes while reaching high into the ...

Scientists have seen many dust devils on Mars, and now, for the first time, they’ve heard one. The vortex made a direct hit on NASA’s Perseverance rover, peppering the spacecraft with dust and ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – There may not have been a cloud in the sky Thursday, but that doesn’t stop dust devils from forming. Accord to the National Weather Service, a dust devil is, “a small, ...

Many desert dwellers are used to the sight of swirling dust and sand in an open field on a sunny afternoon, but when is a dust devil no longer a dust devil? After pictures and video of a vortex near ...