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• 32 Grad Steigung oder eine Steigung von etwa 0,6: der Marsroboter Opportunity fuhr diesen recht steilen Hang hinauf. Von oben aus photographierte er dann einen kleinen Staubteufel auf der Marsoberfläche.

• From its perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below. The view looks back at the rover's tracks leading up the north-facing slope of "Knudsen Ridge," which forms part of the southern edge of "Marathon Valley."
  

• Opportunity took the image using its navigation camera (Navcam) on March 31, 2016, during the 4,332nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars.
  

• Dust devils were a common sight for Opportunity's twin rover, Spirit, in its outpost at Gusev Crater. Dust devils have been an uncommon sight for Opportunity though.
  

• Just as on Earth, a dust devil is created by a rising, rotating column of hot air. When the column whirls fast enough, it picks up tiny grains of dust from the ground, making the vortex visible.
  

• During the uphill drive to reach the top of Knudsen Ridge, Opportunity's tilt reached 32 degrees, the steepest ever for any rover on Mars.
  

Source

• Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia20012/opportunitys-devilish-view-from-on-high
  

• Date: March 31st, 2016
  

• Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
  

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