The experiment, described online November 10 in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, is one of the first reports of a seismic signature from a dust devil. The study provides valuable information to researchers working on NASA's InSight mission to Mars, which will deposit a similar seismometer on the Red Planet. "So a large dust devil can cause a significant change in the loading of the ground, and it is no surprise the ground deforms by a tiny amount," he said.
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