Curious, indeed! Our pal Curiosity recently captured "several whirlwinds carrying Martian dust across Gale Crater" on Mars, according to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These dust devils rise up when sunshine warms the ground, prompting convective rising of air. In the video below, timing is accelerated and contrast has been modified to make frame-to-frame changes easier to see, NASA JPL explained online. | Space.com

Dust devil, aka dustnado, near Omega, Oklahoma today! Jon Glazier was planting wheat and drove through it. Today is ideal for these to form, with dry ground, light wind, and full sun. The sun heats the ground, the ground heats the air just above it. The heated air rises and spins! KWTV - NEWS 9KOTV - News On 6 | David Payne

SMOKENADO?! 😲🌪 Smoke and ash from an Oklahoma wildfire gets caught up in a dust devil. Rogers County Emergency Management shared this video, saying this happened while crews were battling a fire last week near Talala. This is caused when ash and smoke are lifted by an intense updraft over hot spots of fire. | KOCO 5 News