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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).
Large dust devils may pose a danger to equipment from Earth. [1] However, some vortices have had beneficial effects. In 2005, the Spirit rover directly encountered a dust devil which blew off the dust which had accumulated on the rover's solar panels, dramatically increasing power levels and enhancing research productivity. [13]
Saci's cap: the red cap of the Saci which is the said source of all his magical abilities, like appearing and disappearing at will, inhuman speed (despite having just one leg) and the power to create and ride dust devils. Those who want to capture a Saci must throw a sieve over a Saci's dust devil to bind it and give a chance to remove his cap ...
12. Jersey Devil. Origin: American The Jersey Devil haunts New Jersey’s Pine Barrens and has reportedly been around since 1735. This creature is grotesque in appearance, as you can see in this ...
A teen umpire is being hailed as a hero after his quick thinking rescued a 7-year-old baseball player who got caught in a dust devil. Aidan Wiles, 17, was working as an umpire during a youth ...
Tourists got a real treat when a dust devil, which only lasts a few minutes, danced alongside the colorful sculptures. Dust devil stuns tourists visiting Seven Magic Mountains: ‘So creepy’ [Video]
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [5] [12] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
A scary scene unfolded at a Little League baseball game over the past weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, when a dust devil appeared out of thin air and engulfed a 7-year-old catcher in its ...