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

Check out this impressive Dust Devil captured near Hay, NSW, this afternoon by HSC follower Rhoul. With significant heat and atmospheric instability across the region, it’s likely several more Dust Devils developed across parts of Victoria and New South Wales today. While these features are known by many names — including Willy Willy which is the Australian indigenous term, Whirlwind, dust whirl or c*** eyed Bob, we’ll run with the recognised meteorological and scientific term, Dust Devil if tha