When a dust devil measuring nearly 400 feet tall and 80 feet wide whirled its way across the surface of Mars, the Perseverance rover was right in its path. That gave SuperCam — the Los Alamos-developed instrument on top of the rover — the extraordinary opportunity to record the sound of a Martian dust devil for the very first time.
Says Baptiste Chide, a Lab postdoctoral fellow in the Space and Remote Sensing group: “Understanding dust devils on Mars is fundamental because they are at the origin of dust lifting, and dust is a key factor that controls the climate of Mars.”
Read more about the incredible audio from Mars.