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NASA’s Perseverance rover captures the sound of a tornado on Mars for the first time

KIDS AREA – How does the tornado sound Mars? An explorer NASA he casually turns on the mic when a tall round of red dust passes directly above him and records the commotion.

However, for about 10 seconds the gusts rumbled at 40km/h

the noise of hundreds of dust particles hitting the rover Perseverance this. Scientists released Audio This recording is from some time ago.

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What’s interesting is that the sound is similar to tornado Of Landalthough quieter because atmosphere thin Mars it makes the noise quieter in less strong winds, according to the researchers.

“The wind tornado it comes and goes over the top Perseverance quickly last year, so the sound isn’t very audible,” said Naomi Murdoch of the University Toulousethe study leader as described in Nature Communications.

At the same time, navigation cameras capture images, while weather monitoring instruments collect data.

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Enshrined decades ago in Mars but his voice has never been heard until now, the wind tornado This is common on the red planet.

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