[#Dust devils on #Mars] They come in different sizes, occur frequently, ... and sometimes even merge, annihilate each other! For over four years, the #camera and #microphone installed on the #Perseverance rover have been observing their formation, movement ... and disappearance. The result is a better understanding of Martian weather conditions.

[#Tourbillons de #poussière sur #Mars] Ils sont de tailles différentes, se produisent fréquemment, ... et parfois même fusionnent, s'annihilent ! Depuis plus de quatre ans, la #caméra et le #microphone installés sur le rover #Perseverance observent leur formation, leur déplacement ... et leur disparition. S'ensuit une meilleure connaissance des conditions météorologiques martiennes.

Info+ : https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/perseverance-rover-witnesses-one-martian-dust-devil-eating-another/

@DeniseG

Droughts are increasing. Global warning dries out continents, increases coastal formed storms. Canada's forests burning, farms failing, dust storms growing.

Map of U.S. droughts

https://www.drought.gov/data-maps-tools/us-drought-monitor

The snow falling in Lincoln, Nebraska is very dirty. It contains dust from New Mexico and Texas that has blown all the way up here.
#dust #NewMexico #Texas #snow #Nebraska #weather #NEwx

Dust storm and many wind driven fires in the southwest US. Same song, 22nd verse.

One fire is about a half hour drive from me:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/44174

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-adjacent fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico

Okay, these people should NOT BE DRIVING in a zero visibility dust storm. This is how you get massive pileups. #duststorm #dust #NMwx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cz8xPYBfo

Dust storm is now shifting into Texas. Avoid driving, significant possibility of pileups in the dust areas. (also, tends to knock over semis) #duststorm #dust #TXwx #NMwx 3/18/25 2016CT

Massive dust storm in Southern NM and northwest TX. 3/18/25 1712 MT #NMwx #TXwx #dust #duststorm

Dust detection image from the NOAA GOES satellites, the more magenta/hot pink it is, the more dust. The dust is absolute, choking dust (ie you do not want to be out in it... extremely bad for your lungs). 3/14/25 2329CT #dust #duststorm #OKwx #MOwx #AQI

Air quality in the Central US is very, very bad. N95 mask, Corsi Rosenthal, stay indoors (IMHO). #AQI #dust #duststorm #PM10

Jeff Masters: EPA warning: do not go outside in the Central U.S. dust storm! Hazardous dust covers parts of KS, OK, CO, MO, WY, IL, TX, NM, NE. The AQI in St. Louis hit an unfathomable 5,791 from PM10 (dust); an AQI over 300 is “Hazardous”. The tops: Lamar, CO hit an AQI of 12,802. Consult airnow.gov.

More #dust this afternoon in the SW,... this time is all
Made in the USA

@tomgillpredicts.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/sangasso.bsky.social/post/3lk7vdzr5bs2n

This is the Helping Hand Nebula, so named for the shape of the hand in the dust reaching over the bright star. This is 20 hours of exposure time with 3 minute subs, but (as with all dark nebulas) it would definitely benefit from more exposure time and darker skies.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/4w329k/
Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/the-helping-hand-nebula-brian-weber.html

Shortly before sunset, with a low sun angle...the extent of the dust storm is obvious.

I love to sometimes rediscover something I drew a while ago on my HD and go "oh, right, I did that! That was fun!"

I love the game "Dust - An Elysian Tail". :D I SERIOUSLY have to replay it soon!

Working-class residents of Curtis Bay and other South Baltimore neighborhoods marched through the streets of Annapolis -- and delivered a giant stocking full of coal to the Governor’s mansion.
They are demanding Gov. Wes Moore intervene in a generations-long struggle to stop #rail #giant #CSX transportation from polluting their bodies, homes, and communities with #toxic #coal #dust.
CSX is not the only polluter in South Baltimore: industrial areas near Curtis Bay house oil tanks, a wastewater treatment plant, chemical plants, landfills, the country’s largest medical waste incinerator, and more. But a recent air quality studyconfirmed what residents have been complaining about for generations: Coal dust from the CSX Transportation coal export terminal is present all over Curtis Bay. CSX has denied culpability and called the study “materially flawed.” Residents say they’re fed up with the company refusing to take responsibility for the coal dust, and with the city government for ignoring their cries for help for years. So they are demanding that Gov. Moore and the Maryland Department of the Environment deny CSX’s operational permit for the coal terminal, a permit that the MDE has been reviewing for renewal.

https://therealnews.com/csx-coal-terminal-curtis-bay-baltimore-residents-capitol

Scientists have begun to unravel the factors that kick off major #dust storms on #Mars—weather events that sometimes engulf the entire #planet in swirling grit.

Dust storms on Mars are something to behold.

Many begin as smaller storms that swirl around the ice caps at the planet's north and south poles.

Those storms can grow at a furious pace, pressing toward the equator until they cover almost the whole planet and last for days.

https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mars-infamous-storms-engulf-entire.html#google_vignette

The latest images from Perseverance's navigation camera, processed by Holger Isenberg

We're getting a pretty decent view of Belva Crater now, the level of dust in Jezero may well have decreased...

#Mars Dec. 3, 2024 (Sol 1347)
https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1347/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/

Vel, hvis du for eksempel anser kvinner som likeverdige mennesker, så er det er j%€$@ stort problem. https://www.nrk.no/ytring/ja_-jeg-stotter-trump-1.17106763 #norsktut #USAvalg #Dust #Allheimen #nrkno