Directory of Dust Devils Resources

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Dust devils are atmospheric disturbances similar to tornadoes. They usually form in hot, dry weather typically found in the Southwest United States and Australia.

Resources in This Category

• Alaska Science Forum: Dust Devils

  http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF2/227.html
  Explains with diagrams how dust devils form.

• Dancing with the Devils

  http://www.animalu.com/pics/dd1.htm
  Close up video of dust devils.

• MER Spirit Dust Devil Movie Page

  http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mer_dd.html
  Movies and pictures of dust devils taken on the planet Mars.

• SPACE.com: Delving into Dust Devils

  http://www.space.com/1631-delving-dust-devils.html
  Examines the similarities and differences between dust devils and tornadoes.

• Wikipedia: Dust Devil

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil
  Pictures with descriptions of dust devils on Earth and Mars.

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