Mars Rover Captures 1st Sound of Dust Devil on Red Planet

Mars Rover Captures 1st Sound of Dust Devil on Red Planet
The first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—What’s a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket.

It’s about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance. Scientists released the first-of-its-kind audio Tuesday.