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A dust devil seen in Amboseli National Park, Kenya in 1993. A dust devil (also known regionally as a dirt devil) is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind. Its size ranges from small (18 in/half a metre wide and a few yards/metres tall) to large (more than 30 ft/10 m wide and more than half a mile/1 km tall).
Dust Devil is a 1992 British horror film written and directed by Richard Stanley. The film stars Robert Burke as Hitch, a mysterious man who wanders the deserts in Namibia and is wanted by the police in connection with the death of a woman whose blood was used in a supernatural ceremony.
Martian dust devils, which took place on Mars rather than Earth; Tri-City Dust Devils, an American minor-league baseball team in Pasco, Washington; Dust Devil, a member of the Blasters in the DC Comics universe; Dust Devil, Australian musician and composer of the original theme music for the Cartoon Network programming block Adult Swim
Martian dust devils are convective atmospheric vortices that occur on the surface of Mars. They were discovered from data reported by NASA 's Viking probes , and have been photographed by orbiting satellites and surface rovers in subsequent missions.
Zorbing (also known as globe-riding, sphereing, orbing) is the recreation or sport of rolling downhill inside an orb, typically made of transparent plastic. [1] Zorbing is generally performed on a gentle slope but can also be done on a level surface, permitting more rider control.
If whirlwind = dust devil - dust, it doen't need its own page. 70.113.4.133 02:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC) [ reply ] Whirlwind is a generic term for the spectrum of whirls or vortices in the atmosphere, or in some usage specifically refers to a small whirl induced by strong winds interacting with a rough surface. [2]
The Dustdevils (sometimes styled as DustDevils, Dust Devils, or DUSTdevils) were a noise rock band based out of New York City for most of its existence. Active from the 1980s through the mid 1990s, the Dustdevils were among the first artists to be signed to Matador Records .
"Dust Devil" is a single by the ska/pop band Madness, released 11 May 2009, precisely one week before their album The Liberty of Norton Folgate. The B-side, "The Roadette Song" was originally recorded by Ian Dury with his band, Kilburn and the High Roads .