{"id":2483,"date":"2016-04-03T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T01:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/03\/nasa-rover-snaps-photo-of-a-dust-devil-swirling-on-mars\/"},"modified":"2016-04-03T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T01:43:02","slug":"nasa-rover-snaps-photo-of-a-dust-devil-swirling-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/03\/nasa-rover-snaps-photo-of-a-dust-devil-swirling-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA rover snaps photo of a dust devil swirling on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abb83baf307b481781cad91ac1226d97\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzAyLzhhL2FiYjgzYmFmMzA3LjgxYzI2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/0d22e29c\/fcb\/abb83baf307b481781cad91ac1226d97.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=NASA+rover+snaps+photo+of+a+dust+devil+swirling+on+Mars&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F02%2Fmars-rover-opportunity-dust-devil-photo%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F02%2Fmars-rover-opportunity-dust-devil-photo%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>More than 4,000 Martian days after NASA&#8217;s Mars rover Opportunity began exploring the surface of the red planet, the little robot caught sight some something truly stunning.<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity snapped a <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mer\/gallery\/all\/1\/n\/4332\/1N512762808EFFCQ00P1966R0M1.HTML\">photo of a dust devil<\/a> swirling in the\u00a0Meridiani Planun, the rover&#8217;s home since it landed on the planet in 2004.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/01\/mars-mountains-wind\/\">Mile-high mountains on Mars sculpted by wind, climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;This is one of the best dust devils that we have seen in Meridiani Planum,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Ray Arvidson, Opportunity&#8217;s deputy principal investigator, confirmed to <i>Mashable<\/i>\u00a0via email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">We are lucky to have captured this one in an image!&#8221;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/02\/mars-rover-opportunity-dust-devil-photo\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/mars-rover\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Mars Rover<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/space-photos\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Space Photos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/science\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Science<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/mars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Mars<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/space\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Space<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1459646217' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1459646217'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/rrUXusrAhtk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 4,000 Martian days after NASA&#8217;s Mars rover Opportunity began exploring the surface of the red planet, the little robot caught sight some something truly stunning. 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