Now researchers will understand how dust rises from the surface of Mars, because it has long and still remains a mystery.
NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the sound of dust on the Red Planet for the first time in history. Science News writes about it.
The audio recording includes the sounds of dust particles, which either come from the microphone or are transmitted to the microphone through the rover’s structure.
The post was made on September 27, 2021. Then the navigation camera Perseverance noticed a purple cloud at a distance of 50-60 meters. As the vortex penetrated the rover, a microphone recorded its sound.
It was also noted that the rover’s instruments recorded a slight drop in atmospheric pressure.
The whirlwind has a diameter of 25 meters and a height of about 118 meters. He moves at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour.
Recall that Perseverance, thanks to two special microphones, recorded five hours of the sounds of the Martian wind, the screeching of tires and the sounds of the engines of the Ingenuity helicopter.
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